79.4% of homes and businesses in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 3.4 points in a year: 7,385 more premises can now order it. 104 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 202,347 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Bournemouth | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 79.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 89% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.7% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area ranks 196th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
25,691 of 209,773 premises in BDUK's records (12.2%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by December 2026.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| BH1 | 68% | 97% | 0% | 555 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH2 | 62% | 96% | 0% | 272 |
| BH3 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 129 |
| BH4 | 91% | 99% | 0.5% | 222 |
| BH5 | 97% | 100% | 0% | 247 |
| BH6 | 96% | 100% | 0% | 524 |
| BH7 | 94% | 97% | 1.3% | 290 |
| BH8 | 97% | 99% | 0% | 642 |
| BH9 | 99% | 100% | 0% | 668 |
| BH10 | 96% | 100% | 0% | 511 |
| BH11 | 95% | 99% | 0% | 500 |
| BH12 | 95% | 99% | 0.2% | 712 |
| BH13 | 70% | 99% | 0.3% | 294 |
| BH14 | 80% | 98% | 0% | 593 |
| BH15 | 84% | 97% | 0.4% | 810 |
| BH17 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 440 |
| BH18 | 88% | 99% | 0% | 294 |
| BH23 | 82% | 98% | 0.6% | 1564 |
79.4% of premises in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 89% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area went from 76% in January 2025 to 79.4% in January 2026: 7,385 more premises.
104 premises in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 22 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 34% of premises that can get full fibre in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
25,691 premises in Bournemouth can't get gigabit broadband yet. 8,128 are in a provider's own build plans, 2 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by December 2026, and 17,561 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 18 postcode districts we cover for Bournemouth, BH9 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and BH2 the least (62%).
100% of premises in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 95.1%.