94.5% of homes and businesses in St Helens can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 11.9 points in a year: 11,021 more premises can now order it. 385 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 90,219 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)
| St Helens | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 94.5% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.9% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.8% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
St Helens ranks 23rd of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
5,009 of 93,942 premises in BDUK's records (5.3%) 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.
| L34 | 86% | 95% | 0.8% | 467 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L35 | 95% | 98% | 1.5% | 710 |
| WA5 | 92% | 97% | 0.7% | 1310 |
| WA8 | 89% | 96% | 1.1% | 1581 |
| WA9 | 96% | 98% | 0.4% | 1310 |
| WA10 | 95% | 98% | 0.7% | 1216 |
| WA11 | 87% | 92% | 4.2% | 1025 |
| WA12 | 95% | 98% | 0% | 640 |
| WN4 | 95% | 98% | 0.6% | 602 |
| WN5 | 93% | 98% | 0.6% | 931 |
94.5% of premises in St Helens could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.9% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in St Helens went from 82.6% in January 2025 to 94.5% in January 2026: 11,021 more premises.
385 premises in St Helens (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 9 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 38% of premises that can get full fibre in St Helens have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
5,009 premises in St Helens can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,651 are in a provider's own build plans, 124 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 3,234 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 10 postcode districts we cover for St Helens, WA9 has the most gigabit coverage (96% on average) and L34 the least (86%).
100% of premises in St Helens have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 95%.