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
573Hythe EndWindsor and Maidenhead98.24%170
573WigstonLeicestershire98.24%16,662
578Nether HeyfordWest Northamptonshire98.23%677
578Scawby BrookNorth Lincolnshire98.23%451
580DoncasterDoncaster98.22%44,381
580Rufford (West Lancashire)Lancashire98.22%674
580WellandWorcestershire98.22%561
580Whitchurch (Shropshire)Shropshire98.22%5,333
584Ashton-in-MakerfieldWigan98.21%12,362
584CrouchestonWiltshire98.21%112
584Elton (Cheshire West and Chester)Cheshire West and Chester98.21%1,507
584High LeghCheshire East98.21%502
588LanjethCornwall98.20%167
588SalhouseNorfolk98.20%665
588Stratfield MortimerWest Berkshire98.20%222
588West GrimsteadWiltshire98.20%111
592Church WarsopNottinghamshire98.19%937
592OldcotesNottinghamshire98.19%166
592Winkfield StreetBracknell Forest98.19%166
595Crigglestone and DurkarWakefield98.18%3,078
595NewheyRochdale98.18%1,322
595RamsdenOxfordshire98.18%165
595Southwick (Adur)West Sussex98.18%5,322
595Walton (Wakefield)Wakefield98.18%1,595
600Bluntisham and ColneCambridgeshire98.17%1,313

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.