Towns with greater gigabit broadband availability

The share of premises where gigabit-capable broadband is available, not the speed people actually receive.

January 2026 · 6,170 eligible towns

How to read this comparison

Availability is not measured download speed. Gigabit-capable connections are not all full fibre, and the service available at an individual address can differ from the town figure.

Eligibility, ordering and limitations

At least 100 premises in the coverage dataset.

Towns are ordered by the percentage of premises with gigabit-capable coverage. Identical percentages share a rank, including towns with 100% availability. No artificial tie-breaker is used to make one of them appear better.

National positions are retained when you search or filter. Equal underlying values share the same position, so ranks can repeat and skip. Display values are rounded; the ordering uses the stored precision.

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6,170 matching towns from 6,170 eligible towns. Positions are national within this eligible dataset, including when filtered.

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Towns with greater gigabit broadband availability
RankTownGigabit availabilityPremises
501BishopthorpeYork98.45%1,547
501BrimptonWest Berkshire98.45%129
501ShinfieldWokingham98.45%2,588
501Stourton CaundleDorset98.45%193
501Talke and Talke PitsStaffordshire98.45%1,809
506Cold AshWest Berkshire98.44%706
506Farley HillWokingham98.44%257
506Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire)East Riding of Yorkshire98.44%1,280
506Long WittenhamOxfordshire98.44%384
506SimisterBury98.44%448
506Swindon (Swindon)Swindon98.44%81,204
506Upton GreyHampshire98.44%256
506West ItchenorWest Sussex98.44%192
514UlleskelfNorth Yorkshire98.43%319
515CleethorpesNorth East Lincolnshire98.42%14,684
515Little EversdenCambridgeshire98.42%253
515OswaldtwistleLancashire98.42%5,634
515Stanton Hill and SkegbyNottinghamshire98.42%2,401
519DavenhamCheshire West and Chester98.40%6,252
519HaslingfieldCambridgeshire98.40%687
519SilverdaleLancashire98.40%562
522AspatriaCumberland98.39%1,117
522BranthamSuffolk98.39%1,115
522RainfordSt. Helens98.39%2,726
522WilburtonCambridgeshire98.39%434

Ofcom · January 2026. Source details

Does 100% availability guarantee a gigabit connection at my address?

No. It describes premises in the published coverage dataset at that time. Check the exact address with a provider or Ofcom before relying on a connection for work or moving home.

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Data sources

Dates below distinguish the period represented by the data from when the source was collected and published here. How we use these sources

Connected Nations fixed broadbandOfcom · Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026, v2)
Data version
Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026, v2)
Source published
7 July 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
6,250

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 1de793a3-4b49-451e-b8e6-a53dabe9ff24. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.