86% of homes and businesses in Cheltenham can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 4.5 points in a year: 2,916 more premises can now order it. 78 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 60,845 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)
| Cheltenham | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 86% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 93.5% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Cheltenham ranks 122nd of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
5,836 of 64,021 premises in BDUK's records (9.1%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by July 2027.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| GL50 | 92% | 99% | 0.3% | 784 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL51 | 95% | 99% | 0.6% | 1559 |
| GL52 | 90% | 97% | 0.6% | 1363 |
| GL53 | 86% | 98% | 0.5% | 738 |
86% of premises in Cheltenham could order full fibre in January 2026, and 93.5% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Cheltenham went from 81.5% in January 2025 to 86% in January 2026: 2,916 more premises.
78 premises in Cheltenham (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 4 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 39% of premises that can get full fibre in Cheltenham have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
5,836 premises in Cheltenham can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,353 are in a provider's own build plans, 1 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by July 2027, and 3,482 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 4 postcode districts we cover for Cheltenham, GL51 has the most gigabit coverage (95% on average) and GL53 the least (86%).
100% of premises in Cheltenham have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97%.