topic Re: 5G tower locations in Mobile Network discussions

5G tower locations

sphudson — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:43:23 GMT

Is it possible to get the GPS co-ords for my nearest 5G towers?

I'd like to install an external antenna for my 5GEE Router and knowing where to mount and point would be really useful

Re: 5G tower locations

EssexBoyEE — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:11:35 GMT

EE will not give out or confirm Mast Locations, you could try and ring Tech Support on 150 and explain your reason, you may get lucky and get approx info like west or north of your PostCode, worth a try.

A useful tool and App is CellMapper, which uses your Phone Info to Survey, Record and Vector Networks Masts and Signal Quality in your location, it's quiet comprehensive, again if your in luck other Users may have already Surveyed your Area, a good indication is if the Masts it shows are in colour Red or Green (Located) definitely worth installing and having a play to familiarise yourself with the App.

Finally you could use EEs Coverage and Status Checker for your Post Code as EE have now defined Indoor and Outdoor Coverage in Light yellow (Outdoor) and Dark Yellow (Indoor) and can sometimes be a bit of a giveaway on the Dark Yellow areas where the 5G Mast are roughly located.

Out of Interest what type of External Antenna(s) are you using? and typically high much Gain and how Directional are they, as different types of Antennas can work better or worse depending on Mast location and the number of Masts surrounding your location.

Re: 5G tower locations

Peter_C — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:21:15 GMT

Hello and welcome to the EE Community.

Where (roughly) are you? Feel free to DM.

Re: 5G tower locations

mikeliuk — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 09:16:16 GMT

Hi @sphudson ,

Are you in a remote location where there are few cell towers and perhaps only one which you could reasonably connect to?

If you are in a fairly built up location with a number of 4G and 5G cell towers to connect to, it may be worthwhile considering an omni-directional external antenna instead of a directional one.

Re: 5G tower locations

Caravan2026 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:09:32 GMT

Hi Peter

we have a caravan in Towyn north wales

i have a Tp link deco x10 on a sim with external antennas

i have got the antenna as high as possible but am only getting a speed of about 15/20 meg I have tried to look at the mast map but Ime abit thick and it’s just red dots to me

do you know which way I have to point the antenn to get the very best out of the signal

if you can pm me or email me

it would be most appreciated as the grandkids say the wifi is crap

cheers and thanks in advance

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Re: 5G tower locations

Ali_A — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:03:57 GMT

Hi @Caravan2026

I'd recommend giving our Customer Service a call where a guide in the technical team will be able to check the coverage maps for the caravan site you're staying at, as well as letting you know the best direction for the location of your external antenna.

Ali