87.8% of homes and businesses in the Cheshire West and Chester council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 4.8 points in a year: 9,616 more premises can now order it. 1,098 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 176,089 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)
| Chester | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 87.8% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 88.3% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Cheshire West and Chester council area ranks 98th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
25,286 of 183,656 premises in BDUK's records (13.8%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2030.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| CH1 | 63% | 94% | 0.4% | 909 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH2 | 87% | 96% | 1.4% | 844 |
| CH3 | 72% | 89% | 3.1% | 1104 |
| CH4 | 83% | 95% | 1.1% | 910 |
87.8% of premises in the Cheshire West and Chester council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 88.3% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Cheshire West and Chester council area went from 83% in January 2025 to 87.8% in January 2026: 9,616 more premises.
1,098 premises in the Cheshire West and Chester council area (0.6%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 124 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 63% of premises that can get full fibre in the Cheshire West and Chester council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
25,286 premises in Chester can't get gigabit broadband yet. 4,100 are in a provider's own build plans, 6,723 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 14,463 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 Chester, CH2 has the most gigabit coverage (87% on average) and CH1 the least (63%).
99.4% of premises in the Cheshire West and Chester 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 85%.