Pontefract mobile coverage EE 70% indoors here, 90% across Wakefield WF8 · Doncaster
No network wins WF8 on overall coverage: all four are within 4 points, but indoors Three reaches 100% of sampled addresses and EE 70%.
WF8: Pontefract, Upton, Norton, Stapleton, Darrington, Wentbridge, Kirk Smeaton, East Hardwick (Doncaster, North Yorkshire, Wakefield).
WF8 scores
Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 163 addresses in 6 sampled postcodes: WF8 1AY, WF8 2AQ, WF8 2BS, WF8 2EW, WF8 2QZ, WF8 2SL. Methodology.
How WF8 compares
Against the Wakefield average
- EE indoors: 70% here, 90% across Wakefield (−20).
- Vodafone indoors: 80% here, 95% across Wakefield (−15).
- O2 indoors: 85% here, 95% across Wakefield (−10).
Lowest indoor figure of the 9 Wakefield districts sampled, for EE and O2.
Indoor signal around WF8
| District | km away | EE | O2 | Three | Vodafone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF8 Pontefract (here) | – | 70% | 85% | 100% | 80% |
| WF7 Hemsworth, Featherstone | 4 | 88% | 92% | 84% | 100% |
| WF6 Altofts, Normanton | 8 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| WF9 Elmsall, Upton | 9 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| WF1 Wakefield, Outwood | 13 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Wakefield average | – | 90% | 95% | 97% | 95% |
Biggest difference nearby: Vodafone indoors, 80% here and 100% in WF7 Hemsworth, 4 km away.
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