85.6% of homes and businesses in Cheshire can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 5.9 points in a year: 35,269 more premises can now order it. 2,972 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 543,548 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)
| Cheshire | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 85.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 89% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.9% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
76,963 of 566,047 premises in BDUK's records (13.6%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2031.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Warrington | 92.2% | 96% | +10.6 | 119 | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halton | 88.7% | 96% | +2.2 | 68 | 86 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 87.8% | 88.3% | +4.8 | 1,098 | 98 |
| Cheshire East | 79.2% | 83.7% | +5.4 | 1,687 | 200 |
85.6% of premises in Cheshire 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 Cheshire went from 79.7% in January 2025 to 85.6% in January 2026: 35,269 more premises.
2,972 premises in Cheshire (0.5%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 343 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 55% of premises that can get full fibre in Cheshire have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
76,963 premises in Cheshire can't get gigabit broadband yet. 14,442 are in a provider's own build plans, 16,148 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2031, and 46,373 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Warrington has the highest full fibre coverage in Cheshire (92.2%) and Cheshire East the lowest (79.2%).
99.6% of premises in Cheshire have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 91%.