87.7% of homes and businesses in Rochdale can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 18.8 points in a year: 19,907 more premises can now order it. 242 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 104,136 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)
| Rochdale | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 87.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 92% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Rochdale ranks 101st of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
8,415 of 107,420 premises in BDUK's records (7.8%) 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.
| BL9 | 91% | 97% | 1% | 1318 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M24 | 88% | 98% | 0.2% | 1264 |
| OL2 | 95% | 99% | 0% | 1090 |
| OL10 | 91% | 98% | 0.3% | 815 |
| OL11 | 90% | 99% | 0.3% | 1070 |
| OL12 | 89% | 98% | 0.1% | 1187 |
| OL15 | 77% | 94% | 2.2% | 539 |
| OL16 | 92% | 99% | 0.3% | 1072 |
87.7% of premises in Rochdale could order full fibre in January 2026, and 92% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Rochdale went from 68.9% in January 2025 to 87.7% in January 2026: 19,907 more premises.
242 premises in Rochdale (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 3 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 41% of premises that can get full fibre in Rochdale have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
8,415 premises in Rochdale can't get gigabit broadband yet. 3,086 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 5,329 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 8 postcode districts we cover for Rochdale, OL2 has the most gigabit coverage (95% on average) and OL15 the least (77%).
100% of premises in Rochdale have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 94.5%.