86.1% of homes and businesses in Walsall can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 7.7 points in a year: 9,748 more premises can now order it. 98 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 120,545 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)
| Walsall | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 86.1% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 94.2% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Walsall ranks 120th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
10,446 of 123,654 premises in BDUK's records (8.4%) 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.
| B43 | 88% | 100% | 0.1% | 549 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B74 | 84% | 99% | 0% | 757 |
| WS1 | 86% | 99% | 0% | 563 |
| WS2 | 91% | 99% | 0.2% | 748 |
| WS3 | 95% | 99% | 0.4% | 1002 |
| WS4 | 93% | 99% | 0% | 337 |
| WS5 | 75% | 99% | 0% | 377 |
| WS8 | 91% | 98% | 0.5% | 327 |
| WS9 | 83% | 93% | 2% | 626 |
| WS10 | 95% | 99% | 0% | 909 |
| WV11 | 95% | 98% | 0.4% | 680 |
| WV12 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 500 |
| WV13 | 96% | 100% | 0% | 512 |
| WV14 | 96% | 100% | 0.1% | 1019 |
86.1% of premises in Walsall could order full fibre in January 2026, and 94.2% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Walsall went from 78.4% in January 2025 to 86.1% in January 2026: 9,748 more premises.
98 premises in Walsall (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 2 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 45% of premises that can get full fibre in Walsall have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
10,446 premises in Walsall can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,967 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 7,479 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 14 postcode districts we cover for Walsall, WV12 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and WS5 the least (75%).
100% of premises in Walsall have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 92.8%.