77.7% of homes and businesses in Gloucester can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 30.6 points in a year: 19,278 more premises can now order it. 102 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 62,442 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)
| Gloucester | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 77.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 94.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.4% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Gloucester ranks 217th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
4,984 of 64,794 premises in BDUK's records (7.7%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| GL1 | 90% | 99% | 0.2% | 956 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL2 | 89% | 96% | 1.8% | 1491 |
| GL3 | 90% | 92% | 2.6% | 1025 |
| GL4 | 93% | 98% | 1% | 1153 |
77.7% of premises in Gloucester could order full fibre in January 2026, and 94.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Gloucester went from 47.1% in January 2025 to 77.7% in January 2026: 19,278 more premises.
102 premises in Gloucester (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 1 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 25% of premises that can get full fibre in Gloucester have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
4,984 premises in Gloucester can't get gigabit broadband yet. 3,832 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 1,152 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 Gloucester, GL4 has the most gigabit coverage (93% on average) and GL2 the least (89%).
100% of premises in Gloucester have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 98%.