IV8 DISTRICT · HIGHLAND
Black Isle mobile coverage Vodafone 52% indoors here, 77% across Inverness IV8 · Highland
Three has the best measured coverage in IV8: 98/100, 7 points ahead of Vodafone on Ofcom's overall score, with O2 within 3 points.
IV8: Black Isle (Highland).
IV8 scores
#1
Three
#2
O2
#3
EE
#4
Vodafone
Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 110 addresses in 6 sampled postcodes: IV8 8AB, IV8 8ND, IV8 8NJ, IV8 8NQ, IV8 8NY, IV8 8PF. Methodology.
How IV8 compares
Against the Inverness average
- Vodafone indoors: 52% here, 77% across Inverness (−25).
- EE indoors: 56% here, 77% across Inverness (−21).
- O2 indoors: 69% here, 81% across Inverness (−12).
Weakest spot in Inverness: IV5 Aird, where EE reaches 2% indoors.
Indoor signal around IV8
| District | km away | EE | O2 | Three | Vodafone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV8 Black Isle (here) | – | 56% | 69% | 85% | 52% |
| IV9 Black Isle | 5 | 34% | 42% | 44% | 16% |
| IV7 Dingwall, Seaforth | 8 | 97% | 99% | 100% | 100% |
| IV1 Inverness, Dingwall | 8 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| IV3 Inverness, Aird | 9 | 90% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Inverness average | – | 77% | 81% | 83% | 77% |
Biggest difference nearby: Three indoors, 85% here and 44% in IV9 Black Isle, 5 km away.
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iD Mobile runs on Three's network: £6 a month for 15GB (read 19 October 2026). A price, not a coverage ranking: Three leads this page on Ofcom's data alone.
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