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Ofcom coverage · January 2026

Broadband coverage by area

How many homes in each council area can get full fibre, gigabit and superfast broadband, and how many are stuck below 10 Mbps.

Full fibre
81.8%
of UK homes can get it
Gigabit-capable
88.9%
full fibre or cable
Superfast
98.1%
30 Mbps or faster
Full fibre take-up
47%
of premises that can get it use it

England

296 areas · full fibre 82% · gigabit 89.5%
Broadband coverage for council areas in England
AreaFull fibreGigabitSuperfastUnder 10 MbpsHomes
Adur76.7%96%99.3%0.1%28,884
Amber Valley91.2%91.2%98.9%0.3%60,441
Arun83.2%83.2%99%0.1%79,587
Ashfield88.9%97.8%99.6%0.1%57,980
Ashford68.9%77.5%95.2%1.6%57,549
Babergh75.7%75.7%97.9%0.5%43,853
Barking and Dagenham90.3%95.8%99.5%0.3%81,992
Barnet69.4%80.3%98.9%0.1%160,841
Barnsley89.9%92.8%99.5%0.1%114,842
Basildon74.1%92.1%99.3%0.2%80,050
Basingstoke and Deane68.1%82.2%97.9%0.6%82,014
Bassetlaw79.6%83.1%97.8%0.7%57,360
Bath and North East Somerset74.3%81%97.3%0.3%85,189
Bedford76.8%87.4%98.8%0.3%80,917
Bexley84.1%93.8%99.4%0.2%101,556
Birmingham85.6%95.6%98.2%0.2%459,020
Blaby91.9%93.2%99.5%0.2%44,553
Blackburn with Darwen90%93.3%98.7%0.2%63,634
Blackpool83.4%93.9%99.3%0%73,123
Bolsover90.3%94.7%98.7%0.2%38,827
Bolton90%97.2%99.5%0.1%128,263
Boston81.6%81.6%96.2%1.3%32,541
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole80.4%90.4%98.9%0%189,515
Bracknell Forest96.9%97.4%99%0.1%54,906
Bradford91.9%96.3%98.9%0.2%218,794
Braintree91.7%91.7%98.8%0.4%70,957
Breckland68.3%68.3%96.3%1.4%65,658
Brent77.1%86.9%98.3%0.2%135,126
Brentwood85.7%85.7%97.8%0.2%34,832
Brighton and Hove67.4%86.5%98.3%0.5%135,309
Bristol83.3%94.7%97.6%0.2%204,332
Broadland78.9%82.5%98%0.5%62,645
Bromley68.6%93.3%98.9%0.1%143,025
Bromsgrove81.8%87%98.7%0.1%42,642
Broxbourne74.2%93%99.5%0.1%42,444
Broxtowe86.8%95.9%99.3%0.1%51,667
Buckinghamshire75.7%83.6%98%0.6%236,000
Burnley92.7%96.5%99.3%0.1%42,795
Bury93.4%94.9%99.3%0.1%85,832
Calderdale87.9%90%98.2%0.4%95,533
Cambridge89.5%95%98.9%0%58,264
Camden86%95.4%98.6%0%106,647
Cannock Chase97.7%97.9%99.8%0%45,833
Canterbury75.8%75.8%94.4%0.6%72,654
Castle Point85.7%90.1%99.3%0%39,586
Central Bedfordshire75.1%87.9%98.2%0.4%134,046
Charnwood89.4%94.6%99.5%0.1%77,905
Chelmsford81.3%88.5%98%0.5%81,942
Cheltenham85.7%93.6%99.7%0.1%57,199
Cherwell81.2%91.2%98.4%0.7%71,472
Cheshire East80%84.7%97.3%0.7%190,379
Cheshire West and Chester89.5%90.1%98.1%0.6%166,202
Chesterfield91.2%93.9%99.7%0%51,350
Chichester69.6%69.6%96.2%0.9%60,443
Chorley90.8%94.3%98.5%0.4%53,284
City of London80.1%80.5%88.5%0%7,078
Colchester69.1%83.9%97.8%0.7%86,172
Cornwall66.9%67.7%94.7%1.1%278,161
Cotswold72.5%72.5%97.8%0.5%44,867
County Durham86.1%87.5%98.4%0.4%252,860
Coventry96.8%97.8%98.6%0.2%146,210
Crawley70.4%94.8%99.4%0%47,207
Croydon70.4%90.3%97.7%0.2%168,534
Cumberland84.8%86.1%97.2%1.4%137,231
Dacorum69.9%88.4%98.7%0.2%67,461
Darlington89%95.2%98.3%0.8%53,606
Dartford74.2%85.3%98.9%0.2%50,601
Derby87.7%97.7%99.7%0%115,732
Derbyshire Dales65.1%65.1%94.6%1.9%35,017
Doncaster95.2%97.2%99.6%0.1%143,890
Dorset76.7%77.7%98%0.5%183,773
Dover76%81.7%96.8%0.9%55,148
Dudley89.6%97.5%99.7%0%141,401
Ealing71.4%89.8%98.9%0.2%150,692
East Cambridgeshire84.1%87.9%98.2%0.7%40,981
East Devon76.2%76.3%94.4%1.8%73,456
East Hampshire64%75.9%96.3%1%56,136
East Hertfordshire71.8%85.3%98.1%0.3%67,276
East Lindsey65.3%68.5%93.2%2.7%71,245
East Riding of Yorkshire95%95%98.5%0.8%166,370
East Staffordshire82.4%82.9%98.2%0.9%55,794
East Suffolk85.3%86%98.5%0.4%121,315
Eastbourne92.8%92.8%100%0%48,781
Eastleigh72.5%91.9%99.3%0%61,269
Elmbridge63.7%86.2%99.4%0%59,630
Enfield58.7%92%99.1%0.3%129,908
Epping Forest73.9%90%98.1%0.4%58,178
Epsom and Ewell90%96.2%99.8%0%32,732
Erewash94.1%96.8%99.5%0.2%53,045
Exeter79.9%91%97.5%0.8%58,927
Fareham92.2%98.4%99.6%0.1%50,898
Fenland85.5%90%97.7%0.8%48,060
Folkestone and Hythe75.4%81.4%96.1%2%53,362
Forest of Dean81%81%95.2%2%40,450
Fylde93.5%95.1%99.4%0.1%36,521
Gateshead79.6%92.8%99%0.3%96,633
Gedling84.9%94.3%99.3%0.2%55,293
Gloucester76.9%94.9%99.4%0.1%59,165
Gosport92.4%98.2%100%0%37,784
Gravesham74.1%84.6%98.1%0.2%45,020
Great Yarmouth84.7%89.9%99.3%0.1%46,842
Greenwich77.4%90.1%99.6%0%124,176
Guildford66.7%83.4%98.7%0.2%58,519
Hackney83.9%92.1%99.2%0.1%117,192
Halton89.4%97%99.7%0.1%59,812
Hammersmith and Fulham86.3%92.1%98.5%0.1%89,483
Harborough79.6%82.5%97.7%0.9%44,398
Haringey61.2%89.8%99.1%0.1%108,552
Harlow43.2%94.8%98.8%0.5%40,139
Harrow77.5%90.2%99.2%0.3%97,480
Hart75.8%87.6%98.2%0.4%42,785
Hartlepool96.6%97.9%99.2%0.3%46,071
Hastings83.8%83.8%99.7%0%44,591
Havant69.5%95.8%99.7%0%57,223
Havering84.8%91.7%98.9%0.2%109,283
Herefordshire83%83%95.7%1.8%87,393
Hertsmere72.8%90.6%98.9%0.2%45,655
High Peak86.2%86.2%97.6%0.8%43,665
Hillingdon80.9%93.7%98.7%0.3%117,917
Hinckley and Bosworth77.9%86%99.2%0.2%53,007
Horsham78.1%78.1%97.2%0.7%65,573
Hounslow65.7%92.7%99.1%0.3%100,412
Huntingdonshire80.2%91.9%98.4%0.6%83,960
Hyndburn94.9%95.3%99.2%0.1%37,924
Ipswich96.2%97.3%99.7%0.1%62,453
Isle of Wight88.3%88.3%97.3%0.7%72,296
Isles of Scilly51%51%97.7%0.1%1,122
Islington83.6%95.5%98.3%0%108,526
Kensington and Chelsea72.7%94.3%99%0.2%90,177
King's Lynn and West Norfolk66%66%96.5%1.1%75,497
Kingston upon Hull99.8%99.8%99.8%0%123,868
Kingston upon Thames70.9%91.9%98.9%0.1%69,017
Kirklees94.1%96.4%99.3%0.1%189,467
Knowsley94.7%98.2%99.6%0.1%72,235
Lambeth83.3%92.4%99.2%0%148,122
Lancaster89.3%91.2%98.4%0.3%65,528
Leeds93.2%96.3%98.6%0.1%369,941
Leicester94.2%97.7%99.7%0%137,023
Lewes75.2%75.2%98.6%0.3%46,383
Lewisham78.3%90.4%98%0.1%136,554
Lichfield75.5%85.3%98%0.7%49,214
Lincoln86.3%91.7%95.9%0%47,793
Liverpool88.1%92%96.6%0.1%219,443
Luton91.8%98.6%99.9%0%84,380
Maidstone72.8%82.2%96.3%0.9%76,423
Maldon83%83%98.2%0.6%30,199
Malvern Hills72.7%72.7%95.6%1.8%38,301
Manchester86.6%90.1%96.5%0.3%244,769
Mansfield85.8%96.8%99.7%0%51,610
Medway82.8%92.3%98.9%0.4%120,706
Melton68.8%81.1%97%1.3%25,045
Merton81%94.7%99.6%0%87,667
Mid Devon68.9%68.9%88.7%5.8%36,098
Mid Suffolk63%63%97.2%0.8%50,649
Mid Sussex83.5%83.5%98.6%0.3%69,854
Middlesbrough63.7%97.5%99%0.2%66,889
Milton Keynes96.8%96.8%99.7%0.1%126,694
Mole Valley71.5%82.3%97.8%0.3%38,597
New Forest76.6%78.6%97.7%0.4%83,294
Newark and Sherwood83.2%85.6%98.4%0.5%57,614
Newcastle upon Tyne89.4%93.8%98.6%0.2%135,881
Newcastle-under-Lyme78.9%84.6%98.1%0.3%58,847
Newham83%92.4%99.4%0.1%131,372
North Devon62.4%62.4%93.8%2.9%47,908
North East Derbyshire89.6%89.7%97.9%0.7%49,172
North East Lincolnshire81.6%96.5%98.9%0.6%71,878
North Hertfordshire70.2%87.1%98.6%0.4%60,207
North Kesteven70.4%84.4%97.1%1.3%54,744
North Lincolnshire93.8%94.6%98.6%0.5%77,503
North Norfolk56%56%96.2%1.1%55,313
North Northamptonshire89.1%96.1%99.5%0.2%162,329
North Somerset85.8%90.9%97.9%0.6%100,658
North Tyneside85.6%95.6%99.8%0%100,684
North Warwickshire77%83.9%98.9%0.4%29,458
North West Leicestershire81%91.5%99.1%0.4%48,734
North Yorkshire83.8%84.2%96.1%1.9%299,418
Northumberland83.9%83.9%96.8%1.5%162,239
Norwich77.3%92.3%98.5%0%54,535
Nottingham89%96.7%99.3%0.1%136,653
Nuneaton and Bedworth71.5%95.5%99.6%0%61,699
Oadby and Wigston95.1%98.7%99.8%0%24,641
Oldham94.6%97.9%99.4%0.1%94,952
Oxford59.4%82.6%96.7%0.1%64,244
Pendle93.6%95%98%0.8%41,598
Peterborough95%96.1%99.5%0.2%91,424
Plymouth78.6%94.9%98.2%0.3%122,511
Portsmouth87.6%97.3%99.3%0.3%90,578
Preston86.1%92.7%99.2%0.1%69,799
Reading95.5%96.3%99.7%0%75,767
Redbridge84.7%93.7%99.2%0.1%107,429
Redcar and Cleveland60.8%92%98.6%0.5%66,665
Redditch49.8%93.7%99.5%0.1%37,721
Reigate and Banstead76.4%89.2%98.5%0.1%63,439
Ribble Valley87.8%87.9%96.3%1.4%30,014
Richmond upon Thames69.6%91.1%98.9%0.1%84,685
Rochdale88.9%93.3%99.2%0.2%98,290
Rochford90.3%90.3%99.3%0.1%38,112
Rossendale93.3%94.1%98.5%0.3%32,904
Rother75.1%75.1%97.5%0.4%46,136
Rotherham95.4%97.5%99.7%0.1%122,109
Rugby92.9%93.5%99.1%0.3%51,537
Runnymede78.2%87.1%97.9%0.6%38,086
Rushcliffe65.6%82.3%98.8%0.4%56,241
Rushmoor92%97.7%99.5%0.4%42,859
Rutland79.6%79.6%96.5%0.6%17,618
Salford90.6%94.5%97.8%0.9%131,813
Sandwell91.4%96.6%99.9%0%135,324
Sefton84.2%88.4%98.9%0%132,744
Sevenoaks68.1%77.4%96.3%0.6%51,423
Sheffield92.2%94.2%98.3%0.2%252,955
Shropshire75.2%75.5%92.4%3.4%149,490
Slough91.5%97.2%99.7%0%56,275
Solihull81.7%96.7%99.5%0.1%95,221
Somerset75.7%76.8%95.5%1.6%267,610
South Cambridgeshire69.1%87.8%98.8%0.4%73,418
South Derbyshire93.4%93.8%99%0.4%49,467
South Gloucestershire68.5%87.6%97.7%0.1%131,249
South Hams61.2%61.3%89%3.7%45,626
South Holland78.6%78.6%94.7%1.8%44,962
South Kesteven79.7%84.9%97%1.3%68,077
South Norfolk71.8%72.6%96.8%1%66,910
South Oxfordshire76.2%84.5%98.6%0.2%66,816
South Ribble86.7%89.8%98.7%0.2%52,988
South Staffordshire85.1%85.1%96.5%0.7%49,181
South Tyneside67.1%94.7%99.5%0.2%73,226
Southampton95.8%97.9%99.1%0.1%109,741
Southend-on-Sea97.7%98.4%99.8%0%82,736
Southwark82.5%91.3%97.7%0%144,751
Spelthorne81.6%93.6%98.7%0.4%44,658
St Albans82.2%94.4%99%0.2%63,150
St. Helens95%97.6%99.1%0.3%85,551
Stafford74.5%86.3%95.9%1.2%64,376
Staffordshire Moorlands72.5%76.9%94.8%2.1%44,718
Stevenage58.2%95.6%99.7%0%38,299
Stockport88.1%95.9%99.3%0.1%132,904
Stockton-on-Tees61.2%95.1%98.4%0.8%88,791
Stoke-on-Trent92.5%96.9%99.5%0%117,393
Stratford-on-Avon84%86.8%98.8%0.4%65,770
Stroud81.7%82.6%98.5%0.4%56,435
Sunderland81.6%96.4%99.2%0.2%134,497
Surrey Heath75.4%91.4%99.4%0%38,041
Sutton78.9%92.8%99.4%0%85,389
Swale76.1%82.2%97.2%0.9%64,669
Swindon93.8%97.1%98.7%0.3%101,343
Tameside93.1%96.3%99.4%0%106,382
Tamworth88.2%98.2%99.8%0.1%35,121
Tandridge60.2%74.1%96.5%0.6%37,446
Teignbridge74.9%78.2%93.6%2.4%64,302
Telford and Wrekin58.7%89.7%98.9%0.3%84,969
Tendring79.5%79.5%99.3%0.2%75,363
Test Valley60.2%78.7%96.5%1%58,137
Tewkesbury75.8%89.2%96.4%1.3%47,315
Thanet81.1%81.1%98.6%0.5%71,219
Three Rivers86.1%92.2%98.7%0.2%38,975
Thurrock85.7%93.5%99.1%0.4%70,049
Tonbridge and Malling76%87.1%97.5%0.8%57,049
Torbay85.4%89.8%98.7%0.1%72,305
Torridge60.3%60.3%87.2%7.4%33,783
Tower Hamlets81.7%86.7%95.8%0.2%148,185
Trafford92.8%94.4%99.2%0.1%104,079
Tunbridge Wells76.4%82.4%97.2%0.7%52,161
Uttlesford78.6%85.8%97.9%0.5%38,592
Vale of White Horse65.4%86.1%98.7%0.3%64,219
Wakefield95.8%97%99.4%0.2%163,887
Walsall86.3%94.8%99.6%0.1%113,633
Waltham Forest88.3%95.2%98.9%0.3%110,093
Wandsworth84.9%90.3%98.9%0.1%159,170
Warrington92.9%96.7%99.6%0.1%96,208
Warwick61.4%87.3%99.5%0.1%68,865
Watford87.7%95.2%99.7%0%43,094
Waverley69.2%72.4%97.2%0.5%56,617
Wealden75.7%75.7%97.8%0.4%74,024
Welwyn Hatfield61%89.8%98.6%0.1%49,966
West Berkshire79.3%89%98.9%0.4%70,631
West Devon65.2%65.2%87.4%7.3%26,356
West Lancashire86.5%86.5%98.2%0.6%51,759
West Lindsey65.9%69.8%92.5%3.6%46,127
West Northamptonshire94.1%95%98.5%0.4%185,089
West Oxfordshire85.8%94.1%99.6%0.1%53,160
West Suffolk79.8%83.2%98.9%0.3%83,069
Westminster87.3%88.8%97.3%0%134,737
Westmorland and Furness83.7%83.7%96.8%1.3%115,945
Wigan88.1%97.3%99.5%0.1%152,813
Wiltshire70.6%78.1%97.5%0.7%230,187
Winchester59.7%71%95.6%1.4%57,470
Windsor and Maidenhead78.3%86.8%98.5%0.1%66,207
Wirral94.7%96.8%99.6%0%152,514
Woking76.8%93%98.6%0.1%43,953
Wokingham84.2%94.1%99.1%0.2%74,694
Wolverhampton96%98.3%99.4%0%113,375
Worcester94.1%94.1%99.9%0%46,931
Worthing93.4%97.8%99.8%0%52,132
Wychavon79.6%79.8%97.3%0.5%60,983
Wyre92.8%92.9%99%0.2%55,938
Wyre Forest84.2%90.5%98.5%0.3%47,281
York87.4%91.2%98.4%0.1%91,266

Scotland

32 areas · full fibre 74.9% · gigabit 83.5%
Broadband coverage for council areas in Scotland
AreaFull fibreGigabitSuperfastUnder 10 MbpsHomes
Aberdeen City93.1%93.1%98.5%0.1%125,292
Aberdeenshire49.1%49.1%91.3%4.8%122,818
Angus59.6%68.5%91%4.4%58,640
Argyll and Bute24.5%24.5%89.4%4.7%50,399
City of Edinburgh84.1%93%98.5%0.2%273,911
Clackmannanshire87.8%87.8%99.2%0.2%25,540
Dumfries and Galloway69.6%69.6%98.4%0.5%76,028
Dundee City87%95.8%99.3%0%76,911
East Ayrshire77.6%80.3%99.2%0.3%59,459
East Dunbartonshire77%93.6%98.9%0.2%48,800
East Lothian88.4%88.4%96.7%1.6%54,911
East Renfrewshire89.2%95.9%99.1%0.1%41,375
Falkirk71.9%96%99.4%0.2%75,027
Fife73.1%85.2%98.9%0.3%185,717
Glasgow City92%95.1%98.7%0.1%324,446
Highland65.4%65.4%86.8%6.9%123,953
Inverclyde59.2%87.7%99%0.1%40,286
Midlothian93.4%93.4%99.1%0.3%45,409
Moray64.9%64.9%93.7%3%47,557
Na h-Eileanan Siar11.3%11.3%80.4%4.7%15,851
North Ayrshire81.9%85.5%98.4%0.3%70,973
North Lanarkshire73.8%95.4%99.6%0.1%162,654
Orkney Islands30.7%30.7%86.8%7.3%12,227
Perth and Kinross37.9%57.6%93.6%3.3%76,375
Renfrewshire92.8%97.4%99.6%0.1%92,310
Scottish Borders76.1%76.1%98.2%0.5%60,436
Shetland Islands20.6%20.6%87.6%6.5%11,980
South Ayrshire72%82.7%99%0.3%57,675
South Lanarkshire69.6%91.1%99.4%0.2%160,203
Stirling78.8%78.8%97%1.3%44,099
West Dunbartonshire55.6%94.4%99.7%0%45,864
West Lothian81.8%94.3%99.5%0.2%86,893

Wales

22 areas · full fibre 82.5% · gigabit 84.9%
Broadband coverage for council areas in Wales
AreaFull fibreGigabitSuperfastUnder 10 MbpsHomes
Blaenau Gwent79.7%79.7%99.1%0.2%33,375
Bridgend94.4%94.4%99.2%0.1%65,491
Caerphilly90.9%90.9%99.4%0.1%80,806
Cardiff88.7%96.4%99%0.1%161,129
Carmarthenshire74.2%74.2%92.3%4%88,858
Ceredigion59.5%59.5%87.7%5.4%36,159
Conwy89.1%89.1%96.9%1.8%55,782
Denbighshire82.9%82.9%95.5%1.7%47,430
Flintshire92.3%92.3%98.3%0.7%71,563
Gwynedd72.2%72.2%94.9%2.5%61,095
Isle of Anglesey69.2%69.2%95.8%1.9%35,294
Merthyr Tydfil81.1%81.1%99.5%0.2%27,461
Monmouthshire81.6%81.6%94.6%2.4%43,186
Neath Port Talbot79.7%85%99%0.2%65,942
Newport89.5%95.2%99.3%0.2%70,880
Pembrokeshire70.4%70.4%95.2%2.3%61,659
Powys63.3%63.3%87.8%6.7%65,055
Rhondda Cynon Taf82.6%84%99.3%0%112,450
Swansea86.3%92.8%99.1%0.3%112,992
Torfaen75.9%86.2%99%0.3%43,456
Vale of Glamorgan88.8%92.7%99%0.5%61,984
Wrexham88.7%88.7%97.6%0.8%62,752

Northern Ireland

11 areas · full fibre 95.5% · gigabit 96.3%
Broadband coverage for council areas in Northern Ireland
AreaFull fibreGigabitSuperfastUnder 10 MbpsHomes
Antrim and Newtownabbey98.2%98.5%99.7%0.1%63,147
Ards and North Down96.8%97.2%99.6%0.1%75,675
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon94.6%94.6%98.5%0.4%90,723
Belfast94.7%97.9%99.8%0.1%160,933
Causeway Coast and Glens94.2%94.2%97.6%1.2%66,872
Derry City and Strabane95.8%96.2%98.6%0.6%64,867
Fermanagh and Omagh91.3%91.3%96.2%2.5%50,825
Lisburn and Castlereagh96.8%97.8%99.6%0.1%64,055
Mid Ulster95.3%95.3%98.5%0.7%57,801
Mid and East Antrim96.7%96.7%99%0.4%62,577
Newry, Mourne and Down96.4%96.4%98.9%0.5%73,477

About this data

  • From Ofcom Connected Nations, a snapshot of fixed broadband coverage in January 2026, based on data from the UK’s fixed network and fixed wireless providers. Coverage figures are for homes (residential premises) and fixed lines only.
  • Superfast means 30 Mbps or faster, ultrafast 100 Mbps or faster, and gigabit-capable a full fibre or upgraded cable line that can deliver 1 Gbps.
  • “Under 10 Mbps” is the share of homes matched to a network record that can’t get a service above 10 Mbps.
  • Full fibre take-up counts homes and businesses using a full fibre service, as a share of all premises that can get one. It can fall when new full fibre is built faster than people switch to it, for example while they wait for a contract to end.
  • Ofcom doesn’t publish full fibre figures for individual postcodes, only for council areas and above.

Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.