88.7% of homes and businesses in the Charnwood council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 18.9 points in a year: 15,900 more premises can now order it. 226 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 82,242 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)
| Loughborough | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 88.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 93.7% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.2% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Charnwood council area ranks 85th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
8,137 of 85,833 premises in BDUK's records (9.5%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by March 2032.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| LE11 | 96% | 99% | 0.1% | 1130 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE12 | 78% | 94% | 2.5% | 1567 |
88.7% of premises in the Charnwood council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 93.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Charnwood council area went from 69.8% in January 2025 to 88.7% in January 2026: 15,900 more premises.
226 premises in the Charnwood council area (0.3%) 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 35% of premises that can get full fibre in the Charnwood council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
8,137 premises in Loughborough can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,192 are in a provider's own build plans, 1,869 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 4,076 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 2 postcode districts we cover for Loughborough, LE11 has the most gigabit coverage (96% on average) and LE12 the least (78%).
100% of premises in the Charnwood 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 92.6%.