88.6% of homes and businesses in the North Northamptonshire council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 4.3 points in a year: 9,096 more premises can now order it. 562 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 172,223 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)
| Wellingborough | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 88.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 95.3% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.1% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The North Northamptonshire council area ranks 87th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
14,218 of 179,881 premises in BDUK's records (7.9%) 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.
| NN8 | 97% | 99% | 0.4% | 1183 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN9 | 90% | 96% | 1.7% | 666 |
| NN10 | 98% | 99% | 0.3% | 849 |
| NN15 | 97% | 99% | 0.2% | 948 |
| NN29 | 92% | 97% | 0.8% | 278 |
88.6% of premises in the North Northamptonshire council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 95.3% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the North Northamptonshire council area went from 84.3% in January 2025 to 88.6% in January 2026: 9,096 more premises.
562 premises in the North Northamptonshire council area (0.3%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 98 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 50% of premises that can get full fibre in the North Northamptonshire council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
14,218 premises in Wellingborough can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,528 are in a provider's own build plans, 62 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 12,628 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 5 postcode districts we cover for Wellingborough, NN10 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and NN9 the least (90%).
98% of premises in the North Northamptonshire 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 86.1%.