Best broadband coverage in the UK

Q: Which UK area has the best broadband?

Hull has the highest gigabit-capable coverage in the UK at 99.8% of premises. Coverage across the 350 ranked areas averages 85.0%.

Q: What does 'gigabit-capable' mean?

Gigabit-capable means a residential broadband connection of 1 Gbit/s (1,000 Mbit/s) or faster is available at the premises. This usually comes from full fibre or upgraded cable, not from copper phone-line broadband. It's the fastest widely-available consumer tier in the UK.

Q: Is coverage the same as take-up?

No. Coverage means the connection is available at the premises. Take-up is the percentage of premises that have actually subscribed to it. Take-up can be well below coverage because many people stay on cheaper, slower packages. See the individual area profiles for both figures.

Q: How is broadband coverage measured?

Ofcom collects coverage data twice a year from all major broadband providers, reporting at the residential premises level. Figures are aggregated to local authority level for public release. The July 2025 release is the most recent snapshot.

The UK area with the best broadband coverage is Hull at 99.8% gigabit-capable coverage. The average across the 350 ranked areas is 85.0%. Coverage here means the connection is available at the premises, not that everyone has taken it up. Take-up rates sit on each area profile.

Data last updated: 1 September 2026

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Every UK local authority ranked by gigabit-capable broadband coverage, based on Ofcom's Connected Nations data (July 2025). Hull leads at 99.8%, closely followed by Oadby and Wigston (98.7%) and Luton (98.5%).

The full ranking sits below. Click any column header to re-sort by full fibre, rent or earnings, or click any area name to open its full cost of living profile.

Showing 350 of 350 areas.

UK average 85%

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1	Hull Yorkshire and The Humber	99.8%	99.8%	£695	£29,957
2	Oadby and Wigston East Midlands	98.7%	95.1%	£1,022	£28,726
3	Luton East of England	98.5%	91.4%	£1,231	£29,729
4	Southend-on-Sea East of England	98.3%	97.6%	£1,316	£34,310
5	Wolverhampton West Midlands	98.2%	95.6%	£948	£31,772
6	Gosport South East	98.0%	92.0%	£1,173	£32,029
7	Knowsley North West	97.9%	93.3%	£860	£33,730
8	Derby East Midlands	97.7%	87.3%	£871	£32,476
9	Fareham South East	97.7%	87.0%	£1,179	£38,434
10	Middlesbrough North East	97.7%	61.7%	£699	£29,634
11	Oldham North West	97.6%	93.8%	£951	£30,497
12	Worthing South East	97.6%	93.0%	£1,300	£33,809
13	Cannock Chase West Midlands	97.5%	96.8%	£868	£30,922
14	Coventry West Midlands	97.4%	96.3%	£1,022	£32,014
15	Leicester East Midlands	97.4%	93.8%	£1,020	£30,218
16	Bracknell Forest South East	97.3%	96.7%	£1,481	£37,879
17	Dudley West Midlands	97.1%	87.7%	£855	£31,445
18	Hartlepool North East	97.1%	95.2%	£562	£30,307
19	Ipswich East of England	97.0%	95.6%	£1,002	£32,270
20	Portsmouth South East	97.0%	82.1%	£1,374	£33,158
21	Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber	96.9%	93.2%	£689	£30,238
22	Slough South East	96.9%	90.9%	£1,567	£35,073
23	St. Helens North West	96.8%	92.4%	£811	£32,249
24	Bolton North West	96.7%	88.1%	£902	£30,480
25	Wigan North West	96.7%	85.1%	£749	£32,381
26	Nottingham East Midlands	96.6%	84.9%	£1,015	£27,496
27	Halton North West	96.5%	88.7%	£754	£31,982
28	Southampton South East	96.5%	93.9%	£1,261	£33,589
29	Warrington North West	96.5%	92.1%	£903	£34,692
30	Renfrewshire Scotland	96.4%	91.0%	£805	£35,033
31	Mansfield East Midlands	96.3%	85.3%	£797	£30,007
32	Sandwell West Midlands	96.3%	88.9%	£953	£28,891
33	Solihull West Midlands	96.3%	80.1%	£1,284	£37,105
34	Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands	96.3%	90.2%	£718	£30,000
35	Wirral North West	96.3%	93.4%	£862	£32,879
36	Doncaster Yorkshire and The Humber	96.2%	94.3%	£699	£31,492
37	Milton Keynes South East	96.2%	96.2%	£1,346	£38,297
38	Rushmoor South East	96.2%	88.9%	£1,391	£35,884
39	Burnley North West	96.0%	89.3%	£633	£31,974
40	Erewash East Midlands	95.9%	92.4%	£838	£35,068
41	Reading South East	95.9%	94.9%	£1,582	£35,444
42	Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber	95.9%	94.7%	£810	£32,838
43	Adur South East	95.8%	77.7%	£1,416	£31,626
44	Broxtowe East Midlands	95.8%	85.7%	£943	£32,499
45	Leeds Yorkshire and The Humber	95.8%	92.5%	£1,148	£33,515
46	Epsom and Ewell South East	95.7%	88.9%	£1,713	£42,922
47	North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber	95.7%	76.5%	£651	£29,004
48	North Northamptonshire East Midlands	95.6%	88.1%	£995	£34,208
49	Peterborough East of England	95.6%	94.4%	£1,014	£30,861
50	Stockport North West	95.6%	85.3%	£1,125	£35,381
51	Tameside North West	95.6%	91.0%	£935	£30,977
52	Dundee Scotland	95.6%	85.7%	£826	£33,466
53	Barking and Dagenham London	95.5%	89.8%	£1,700	£34,846
54	Ashfield East Midlands	95.4%	67.6%	£799	£30,561
55	Birmingham West Midlands	95.4%	83.7%	£1,106	£31,944
56	Kirklees Yorkshire and The Humber	95.2%	92.4%	£784	£31,356
57	East Renfrewshire Scotland	95.2%	88.2%	£1,266	£42,601
58	Falkirk Scotland	95.1%	66.2%	£881	£32,995
59	Camden London	95.0%	84.5%	£2,834	£49,107
60	Havant South East	95.0%	61.0%	£1,159	£33,371
61	Merton London	95.0%	84.0%	£2,181	£42,328
62	Nuneaton and Bedworth West Midlands	95.0%	69.8%	£918	£31,733
63	Stockton-on-Tees North East	95.0%	59.2%	£736	£31,419
64	Sunderland North East	95.0%	71.6%	£710	£30,176
65	Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber	94.8%	87.6%	£739	£29,129
66	Hyndburn North West	94.8%	94.1%	£650	£31,250
67	Islington London	94.8%	81.1%	£2,884	£48,456
68	Stevenage East of England	94.8%	63.0%	£1,445	£37,682
69	West Northamptonshire East Midlands	94.8%	93.8%	£1,088	£34,405
70	Glasgow Scotland	94.8%	91.5%	£1,266	£33,748
71	Bristol South West	94.6%	81.4%	£1,893	£34,210
72	Bury North West	94.6%	93.1%	£970	£32,333
73	Crawley South East	94.6%	67.5%	£1,495	£34,740
74	North Tyneside North East	94.6%	83.6%	£860	£31,954
75	Waltham Forest London	94.6%	86.6%	£1,772	£39,555
76	Plymouth South West	94.5%	77.0%	£1,008	£31,014
77	Tamworth West Midlands	94.5%	66.4%	£930	£32,499
78	Cambridge East of England	94.4%	88.3%	£1,805	£40,863
79	Watford East of England	94.4%	84.8%	£1,834	£35,685
80	Newport Wales	94.4%	87.4%	£962	£33,595
81	St Albans East of England	94.3%	80.4%	£1,934	£48,392
82	Swindon South West	94.3%	91.0%	£1,103	£35,976
83	Walsall West Midlands	94.2%	84.4%	£930	£30,981
84	North Lanarkshire Scotland	94.1%	65.0%	£800	£35,703
85	Cardiff Wales	94.1%	85.2%	£1,179	£34,155
86	Salford North West	94.0%	87.2%	£1,173	£32,850
87	Harlow East of England	93.9%	16.8%	£1,531	£32,136
88	Kensington and Chelsea London	93.9%	71.3%	£3,739	£52,257
89	Gloucester South West	93.8%	54.3%	£1,122	£32,227
90	Rossendale North West	93.8%	92.8%	£814	£31,479
91	Darlington North East	93.7%	79.1%	£691	£34,199
92	Gedling East Midlands	93.7%	79.8%	£909	£32,329
93	Pendle North West	93.7%	91.5%	£673	£30,962
94	Trafford North West	93.7%	91.5%	£1,373	£38,270
95	North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber	93.6%	93.0%	£654	£31,556
96	Redditch West Midlands	93.6%	49.4%	£982	£31,474
97	West Dunbartonshire Scotland	93.6%	43.8%	£923	£33,710
98	Worcester West Midlands	93.5%	93.5%	£984	£33,823
99	Fylde North West	93.4%	91.5%	£875	£34,683
100	Newcastle upon Tyne North East	93.4%	88.9%	£1,220	£31,966
101	Sheffield Yorkshire and The Humber	93.4%	91.4%	£936	£32,728
102	Hillingdon London	93.3%	76.9%	£1,581	£38,369
103	Redbridge London	93.2%	84.3%	£1,734	£38,214
104	West Oxfordshire South East	93.2%	83.8%	£1,315	£33,480
105	East Dunbartonshire Scotland	93.2%	76.0%	£1,170	£39,468
106	Bexley London	93.1%	83.3%	£1,540	£40,962
107	Spelthorne South East	93.1%	79.8%	£1,726	£40,321
108	Thurrock East of England	93.0%	83.8%	£1,389	£36,566
109	Wokingham South East	92.9%	81.9%	£1,469	£44,111
110	Chesterfield East Midlands	92.8%	90.1%	£760	£31,517
111	Edinburgh Scotland	92.7%	83.0%	£1,411	£37,273
112	Bolsover East Midlands	92.6%	87.3%	£700	£31,534
113	Sutton London	92.6%	77.7%	£1,569	£40,612
114	Cheltenham South West	92.5%	83.4%	£1,269	£39,462
115	West Lothian Scotland	92.5%	77.2%	£914	£35,010
116	Bromley London	92.4%	58.9%	£1,693	£47,915
117	Broxbourne East of England	92.3%	78.2%	£1,692	£36,727
118	Woking South East	92.1%	73.7%	£1,628	£42,282
119	Norwich East of England	92.0%	76.6%	£1,148	£31,766
120	Redcar and Cleveland North East	92.0%	59.5%	£645	£28,759
121	South Tyneside North East	92.0%	33.0%	£746	£29,128
122	Blaby East Midlands	91.9%	90.7%	£998	£33,384
123	Chorley North West	91.9%	86.9%	£803	£33,903
124	East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber	91.9%	91.9%	£724	£34,667
125	Three Rivers East of England	91.9%	85.1%	£1,828	£42,141
126	Aberdeen Scotland	91.9%	91.9%	£844	£35,650
127	Blackburn with Darwen North West	91.8%	86.8%	£715	£29,448
128	Hounslow London	91.8%	57.6%	£1,962	£35,997
129	Midlothian Scotland	91.8%	91.8%	£1,411	£34,563
130	Lambeth London	91.7%	81.1%	£2,538	£48,098
131	Basildon East of England	91.6%	73.7%	£1,428	£36,361
132	Hackney London	91.6%	83.3%	£2,667	£42,783
133	Lincoln East Midlands	91.6%	85.4%	£947	£31,861
134	Medway South East	91.6%	81.3%	£1,235	£35,222
135	Havering London	91.5%	84.1%	£1,567	£39,880
136	Newham London	91.5%	79.7%	£1,931	£37,228
137	Rugby West Midlands	91.5%	90.8%	£1,051	£37,795
138	Liverpool North West	91.4%	86.2%	£916	£32,275
139	Braintree East of England	91.3%	91.3%	£1,223	£36,062
140	Kingston upon Thames London	91.3%	65.5%	£1,821	£45,263
141	Enfield London	91.2%	47.4%	£1,833	£37,608
142	Blackpool North West	91.1%	60.6%	£723	£29,003
143	Wyre North West	91.0%	90.9%	£747	£31,017
144	Flintshire Wales	91.0%	91.0%	£817	£33,478
145	Vale of Glamorgan Wales	91.0%	86.3%	£978	£33,571
146	Ealing London	90.9%	70.4%	£2,126	£38,799
147	Huntingdonshire East of England	90.9%	78.2%	£1,065	£36,655
148	York Yorkshire and The Humber	90.7%	85.9%	£1,206	£33,954
149	Exeter South West	90.6%	78.8%	£1,318	£30,446
150	Southwark London	90.6%	81.4%	£2,516	£45,988
151	Gateshead North East	90.5%	73.3%	£808	£30,631
152	Hammersmith and Fulham London	90.5%	84.5%	£2,861	£48,702
153	Richmond upon Thames London	90.4%	65.6%	£2,349	£49,370
154	Swansea Wales	90.4%	81.9%	£853	£32,870
155	Lancaster North West	90.3%	88.0%	£830	£30,059
156	Rochdale North West	90.3%	74.2%	£859	£30,216
157	Amber Valley East Midlands	90.2%	90.2%	£807	£32,808
158	Bridgend Wales	90.2%	90.2%	£765	£34,207
159	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West	90.1%	79.4%	£1,400	£32,755
160	Hertsmere East of England	90.1%	73.5%	£1,846	£36,554
161	Lewisham London	90.0%	75.4%	£1,832	£41,878
162	South Derbyshire East Midlands	90.0%	89.7%	£888	£36,142
163	South Lanarkshire Scotland	89.9%	63.4%	£894	£35,579
164	Eastleigh South East	89.8%	65.9%	£1,219	£35,120
165	Haringey London	89.8%	61.3%	£2,225	£43,550
166	Harrow London	89.6%	76.3%	£1,781	£37,682
167	Epping Forest East of England	89.5%	71.5%	£1,846	£37,899
168	Wandsworth London	89.5%	83.4%	£2,640	£52,539
169	Manchester North West	89.4%	84.3%	£1,380	£31,845
170	Wyre Forest West Midlands	89.4%	81.9%	£838	£30,404
171	Torbay South West	89.3%	84.2%	£924	£30,270
172	North Somerset South West	89.2%	83.8%	£1,212	£35,144
173	Greenwich London	88.9%	76.2%	£1,998	£42,380
174	Surrey Heath South East	88.9%	64.7%	£1,510	£37,923
175	Cherwell South East	88.8%	78.8%	£1,316	£39,006
176	Caerphilly Wales	88.8%	88.8%	£752	£32,161
177	Barnsley Yorkshire and The Humber	88.7%	82.7%	£697	£31,927
178	North East Derbyshire East Midlands	88.7%	88.7%	£793	£32,721
179	Cheshire West and Chester North West	88.5%	87.8%	£1,000	£33,588
180	Fenland East of England	88.4%	83.4%	£844	£30,706
181	Reigate and Banstead South East	88.4%	74.6%	£1,652	£43,199
182	Croydon London	88.2%	56.9%	£1,586	£40,305
183	Telford and Wrekin West Midlands	88.2%	46.7%	£861	£31,966
184	Welwyn Hatfield East of England	88.2%	60.9%	£1,510	£41,496
185	North West Leicestershire East Midlands	87.8%	68.1%	£920	£33,071
186	Preston North West	87.8%	70.3%	£791	£30,358
187	West Berkshire South East	87.5%	77.3%	£1,355	£38,458
188	Eastbourne South East	87.4%	87.4%	£1,174	£32,670
189	Tewkesbury South West	87.3%	68.0%	£1,106	£33,806
190	Isle of Wight South East	87.1%	87.1%	£953	£27,818
191	East Lothian Scotland	87.1%	87.1%	£1,411	£34,434
192	Vale of White Horse South East	86.9%	66.3%	£1,369	£39,792
193	Clackmannanshire Scotland	86.9%	86.9%	£881	£32,859
194	Chelmsford East of England	86.8%	79.4%	£1,439	£38,520
195	Hart South East	86.7%	73.4%	£1,418	£40,376
196	Westminster London	86.6%	85.1%	£3,209	£57,610
197	Dacorum East of England	86.4%	63.6%	£1,613	£38,155
198	Conwy Wales	86.4%	86.4%	£799	£28,156
199	Tower Hamlets London	86.3%	80.7%	£2,462	£45,744
200	North Hertfordshire East of England	86.2%	69.8%	£1,445	£43,011
201	South Gloucestershire South West	86.2%	59.1%	£1,474	£34,539
202	Elmbridge South East	86.1%	66.2%	£1,885	£45,950
203	Torfaen Wales	86.1%	77.1%	£865	£33,623
204	Bedford East of England	86.0%	70.4%	£1,177	£36,712
205	Bromsgrove West Midlands	85.9%	80.2%	£998	£38,456
206	Windsor and Maidenhead South East	85.9%	77.1%	£1,801	£42,813
207	Great Yarmouth East of England	85.7%	80.2%	£841	£30,176
208	Runnymede South East	85.7%	76.5%	£1,600	£44,427
209	Brighton and Hove South East	85.4%	58.9%	£1,816	£34,728
210	Tonbridge and Malling South East	85.4%	76.4%	£1,500	£39,286
211	Brent London	85.3%	74.3%	£2,018	£39,164
212	South Cambridgeshire East of England	85.2%	58.3%	£1,407	£42,309
213	Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands	85.2%	81.7%	£1,150	£39,412
214	Charnwood East Midlands	85.1%	75.1%	£967	£33,775
215	East Cambridgeshire East of England	85.1%	78.3%	£1,042	£37,152
216	Brentwood East of England	84.8%	84.8%	£1,623	£51,739
217	Ribble Valley North West	84.7%	84.6%	£822	£32,690
218	Stafford West Midlands	84.6%	72.2%	£902	£35,272
219	County Durham North East	84.3%	82.9%	£653	£31,535
220	Warwick West Midlands	84.3%	44.2%	£1,244	£40,821
221	East Hertfordshire East of England	84.2%	67.9%	£1,550	£43,810
222	South Ribble North West	84.1%	73.8%	£809	£33,036
223	Cheshire East North West	84.0%	77.7%	£992	£34,097
224	Herefordshire West Midlands	84.0%	84.0%	£831	£30,857
225	Central Bedfordshire East of England	83.8%	68.3%	£1,258	£38,692
226	Dartford South East	83.7%	64.8%	£1,580	£38,937
227	Newark and Sherwood East Midlands	83.6%	78.8%	£818	£33,108
228	Lichfield West Midlands	83.5%	71.5%	£1,100	£37,378
229	Gravesham South East	83.4%	72.8%	£1,345	£37,254
230	Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands	83.4%	71.7%	£837	£31,176
231	South Staffordshire West Midlands	83.4%	83.4%	£965	N/A
232	Colchester East of England	83.3%	62.6%	£1,200	£33,069
233	East Suffolk East of England	83.3%	82.5%	£848	£31,925
234	Neath Port Talbot Wales	83.3%	74.6%	£692	£30,493
235	North Kesteven East Midlands	83.1%	68.7%	£826	£33,758
236	Uttlesford East of England	83.1%	68.3%	£1,305	£41,851
237	Fife Scotland	83.0%	69.2%	£847	£34,046
238	Maldon East of England	82.5%	82.5%	£1,137	£35,500
239	South Kesteven East Midlands	82.4%	73.4%	£846	£31,028
240	Swale South East	82.1%	76.0%	£1,127	£33,882
241	Basingstoke and Deane South East	81.8%	69.0%	£1,312	£42,443
242	Northumberland North East	81.8%	81.6%	£696	£30,696
243	South Oxfordshire South East	81.7%	68.0%	£1,418	£39,973
244	Mid Sussex South East	81.5%	81.5%	£1,436	£40,993
245	Rushcliffe East Midlands	81.5%	60.8%	£1,050	£33,354
246	Sefton North West	81.4%	75.4%	£940	£31,019
247	Castle Point East of England	81.2%	68.8%	£1,266	£37,381
248	South Ayrshire Scotland	81.2%	68.6%	£642	£32,792
249	North Ayrshire Scotland	81.1%	73.9%	£642	£34,850
250	Guildford South East	81.0%	64.3%	£1,754	£42,296
251	West Lancashire North West	81.0%	81.0%	£805	£32,599
252	Buckinghamshire South East	80.9%	72.7%	£1,486	£38,720
253	Maidstone South East	80.9%	72.2%	£1,303	£34,011
254	Tunbridge Wells South East	80.9%	75.5%	£1,543	£40,252
255	Hinckley and Bosworth East Midlands	80.8%	66.1%	£932	£33,708
256	Inverclyde Scotland	80.8%	49.6%	£805	£29,433
257	Thanet South East	80.6%	80.6%	£1,125	£30,566
258	Harborough East Midlands	80.5%	77.0%	£982	£39,905
259	North Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber	80.5%	80.2%	£852	£32,198
260	Calderdale Yorkshire and The Humber	80.3%	77.0%	£760	£32,131
261	Melton East Midlands	80.3%	65.1%	£810	£28,603
262	Rochford East of England	80.3%	80.3%	£1,302	£38,766
263	Dover South East	80.1%	73.1%	£1,037	£34,198
264	High Peak East Midlands	80.1%	80.1%	£938	£30,936
265	City of London London	80.0%	79.5%	N/A	N/A
266	Oxford South East	79.9%	40.1%	£1,957	£38,346
267	Denbighshire Wales	79.8%	79.8%	£723	£28,209
268	East Ayrshire Scotland	79.5%	76.7%	£642	£32,866
269	Bath and North East Somerset South West	79.4%	72.0%	£1,893	£33,618
270	Boston East Midlands	79.2%	79.2%	£809	£29,252
271	Forest of Dean South West	79.2%	79.2%	£828	£34,343
272	Westmorland and Furness North West	79.2%	79.2%	£819	£31,152
273	East Staffordshire West Midlands	79.1%	77.9%	£861	£33,710
274	Wychavon West Midlands	79.1%	79.0%	£962	£32,550
275	Wrexham Wales	79.0%	79.0%	£773	£30,698
276	Mole Valley South East	78.9%	60.6%	£1,565	£37,490
277	Stroud South West	78.9%	78.0%	£1,047	£32,928
278	Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales	78.9%	75.2%	£747	£31,536
279	Barnet London	78.6%	68.2%	£1,953	£39,848
280	Merthyr Tydfil Wales	78.4%	78.4%	£754	£30,134
281	Monmouthshire Wales	78.1%	78.1%	£994	£35,489
282	Bassetlaw East Midlands	77.9%	74.3%	£735	£30,504
283	Folkestone and Hythe South East	77.6%	71.8%	£1,189	£33,335
284	Rutland East Midlands	77.6%	77.6%	£966	£40,339
285	Test Valley South East	77.4%	55.2%	£1,236	£36,186
286	Tendring East of England	77.2%	77.2%	£1,058	£29,709
287	Teignbridge South West	77.1%	75.8%	£965	£30,740
288	Horsham South East	76.4%	76.4%	£1,490	£38,400
289	Stirling Scotland	76.2%	76.2%	£881	£35,975
290	West Suffolk East of England	76.1%	72.9%	£1,188	£33,979
291	Hastings South East	75.9%	75.9%	£1,008	£29,568
292	Sevenoaks South East	75.8%	64.8%	£1,828	£40,240
293	South Holland East Midlands	75.7%	75.7%	£779	£31,152
294	Wiltshire South West	75.7%	67.4%	£1,091	£33,697
295	Ashford South East	75.3%	68.5%	£1,253	£35,014
296	East Devon South West	75.2%	75.1%	£977	£32,316
297	Arun South East	75.1%	75.1%	£1,240	£32,595
298	Cumberland North West	74.7%	73.1%	£687	£34,421
299	Somerset South West	74.5%	73.5%	£1,021	£31,482
300	Broadland East of England	74.0%	69.2%	£941	£32,169
301	New Forest South East	74.0%	71.8%	£1,249	£32,601
302	Shropshire West Midlands	73.6%	72.7%	£828	£31,720
303	East Hampshire South East	73.5%	60.6%	£1,265	£38,545
304	Canterbury South East	73.4%	73.4%	£1,288	£31,386
305	Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands	72.8%	64.7%	£732	£33,983
306	Dorset South West	72.3%	70.9%	£1,059	£31,779
307	Babergh East of England	72.1%	72.1%	£970	£31,452
308	Malvern Hills West Midlands	71.9%	71.9%	£955	£28,140
309	Lewes South East	71.4%	71.4%	£1,343	£34,977
310	Rother South East	71.0%	71.0%	£1,164	£30,840
311	Blaenau Gwent Wales	71.0%	71.0%	£682	£30,704
312	Tandridge South East	70.6%	53.5%	£1,649	£40,389
313	Waverley South East	70.5%	67.4%	£1,470	£41,166
314	North Warwickshire West Midlands	70.4%	58.1%	£983	£36,130
315	Carmarthenshire Wales	69.2%	69.2%	£690	£31,355
316	South Norfolk East of England	69.0%	68.2%	£984	£33,526
317	Wealden South East	68.6%	68.6%	£1,266	£33,762
318	Scottish Borders Scotland	68.6%	68.6%	£715	£30,752
319	Chichester South East	67.3%	67.3%	£1,340	£31,008
320	West Lindsey East Midlands	67.2%	63.1%	£744	£31,452
321	Pembrokeshire Wales	66.3%	66.3%	£697	£30,321
322	North Devon South West	66.2%	66.2%	£848	£29,688
323	Breckland East of England	66.1%	66.1%	£935	£32,000
324	Cotswold South West	65.9%	65.9%	£1,263	£32,669
325	Winchester South East	64.4%	45.6%	£1,514	£40,800
326	Cornwall South West	64.3%	62.7%	£995	£29,806
327	Gwynedd Wales	63.6%	63.6%	£728	£28,150
328	Torridge South West	63.2%	63.2%	£792	£33,103
329	Highland Scotland	62.1%	62.1%	£736	£34,820
330	King's Lynn and West Norfolk East of England	62.0%	62.0%	£941	£31,354
331	East Lindsey East Midlands	61.4%	55.4%	£707	£28,575
332	West Devon South West	60.8%	60.8%	£854	£28,280
333	Moray Scotland	60.5%	60.5%	£736	£27,838
334	Mid Devon South West	59.9%	59.9%	£881	£33,847
335	Angus Scotland	59.6%	50.7%	£826	£34,024
336	Derbyshire Dales East Midlands	59.2%	59.2%	£828	£36,002
337	South Hams South West	58.5%	58.4%	£1,014	£32,529
338	Powys Wales	58.5%	58.5%	£624	£29,314
339	Mid Suffolk East of England	58.2%	58.2%	£1,011	£36,494
340	Isle of Anglesey Wales	56.6%	56.6%	£717	£29,202
341	Perth and Kinross Scotland	53.9%	34.1%	£749	£33,616
342	Dumfries and Galloway Scotland	53.6%	53.6%	£556	£30,274
343	Ceredigion Wales	51.0%	51.0%	£724	£28,038
344	Isles of Scilly South West	50.9%	50.9%	N/A	N/A
345	North Norfolk East of England	50.7%	50.7%	£865	£30,383
346	Aberdeenshire Scotland	43.9%	43.9%	£844	£35,953
347	Orkney Islands Scotland	25.4%	25.4%	£736	N/A
348	Argyll and Bute Scotland	21.8%	21.8%	£806	£30,668
349	Shetland Islands Scotland	17.7%	17.7%	£736	£37,407
350	Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland	9.6%	9.6%	£736	£30,679

Scottish rents are published for 18 rental market areas, not for each council, so neighbouring councils can share a rent figure.

A closer look at the top 10

Where in the UK has the best broadband coverage?

Hull tops the list at 99.8% gigabit-capable coverage, meaning almost every home in the city can now order a 1 Gbit/s connection. That is unusual for a UK city of its size and owes a lot to KCOM, the local incumbent that rolled out full fibre citywide years ahead of BT Openreach.

The rest of the top 10 is a mix of dense urban authorities and postwar new towns: Southend-on-Sea, Wolverhampton, Gosport, Knowsley, Derby, Fareham, Middlesbrough. The absolute spread is tight, with all ten sitting between 97.7% and 99.8%.

No single region dominates. The list draws from every English region except London itself, which sits a step down at 90.5% coverage across the borough aggregate. "Best broadband" can mean different things depending on which measure matters to you: gigabit-capable connections, fibre-to-the-premises specifically, or simply the ability to get a decent connection at all. This ranking uses gigabit-capable coverage because it captures the fastest tier that is now widely available.

Full fibre vs gigabit: what's the difference?

Full fibre (technically FTTP, fibre-to-the-premises) means a continuous strand of fibre optic cable runs all the way to your home. It is the fastest and most reliable domestic connection type in the UK, with speeds typically ranging from 100 Mbit/s at the entry tier to 2 Gbit/s or higher.

Gigabit-capable is a broader category. It includes full fibre, but also cable networks (like Virgin Media's coaxial and hybrid-fibre) that carry gigabit speeds without being pure fibre. Both can deliver 1 Gbit/s connections; the differences are mostly around upload speeds, latency, and how the network scales when your street is busy.

The gap between the two matters when you read the table. Middlesbrough in the top 10 sits at 97.7% gigabit-capable but only 61.7% full fibre, a gap of roughly 36 percentage points. Almost every gigabit connection there runs on cable rather than FTTP. Sorting the table by full fibre reshuffles the ranking noticeably in areas with heavy cable presence.

Broadband coverage across the UK's nations

Coverage varies meaningfully across Great Britain. Across 296 English local authorities, gigabit-capable coverage averages 86.7%, with full fibre at 77.0%. Wales sits at 78.5% gigabit and 76.2% full fibre across 22 authorities. Scotland averages 73.4% gigabit and 64.1% full fibre across 32 authorities.

Scotland's average is pulled down by the islands and the Highlands. Coverage in and around Glasgow and Edinburgh is competitive with the English average, but the six least-connected authorities in the UK are all Scottish. Wales has a much tighter gap between its gigabit and full fibre figures than the other two nations, which reflects a rollout led mostly by Openreach fibre rather than cable.

LiveWhere covers Great Britain only, so Northern Ireland is not in this ranking. Ofcom publishes NI coverage separately in the same release if you need it.

How does broadband coverage affect where people live?

For anyone working from home, broadband coverage is now as important as transport links used to be. A Zoom-heavy job needs a stable upstream, which in practice means full fibre or a good cable connection.

The trade-off with cost is worth keeping in mind. Areas with the strongest coverage tend to sit in denser urban parts of the country where housing costs are higher; the six biggest cities (Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Edinburgh) average 93.7% gigabit coverage. Some rural and coastal areas that offer lower rents also sit lower in the broadband ranking, which is a real factor for remote workers weighing an area purely on cost.

For the fuller picture, the affordability map shows how far the local salary stretches, and each area profile pairs the cost data with its Ofcom broadband figures side by side.

How to check broadband coverage in your area

Every LiveWhere area profile shows the Ofcom coverage figures for that local authority: gigabit-capable, full fibre, superfast and the share of premises unable to receive decent broadband. Try Cardiff, Edinburgh, or Cornwall for a sense of how the picture varies between urban, capital-city and rural areas.

For an address-level check, Ofcom runs its own coverage checker that queries the same underlying data at a specific postcode or full address. That is more precise than any local-authority figure and is the right tool when you're comparing individual houses or streets.

One thing to keep in mind: coverage shows what is available in the area, not the actual speed you will get. Real-world speeds also depend on the package you buy, the provider, in-home wiring and Wi-Fi setup. If broadband speed is a deal-breaker for a move, run a speed test at the specific property before signing.

Data and methodology

All figures come from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, based on the July 2025 data return from UK broadband providers. "Gigabit-capable" is the percentage of residential premises where an active connection of 1 Gbit/s or faster is available; "full fibre" is the subset delivered via fibre-to-the-premises. Coverage shows what can be ordered at the premises, not the speed households actually receive, which depends on their chosen package. The ranking includes 350 UK local authorities where Ofcom publishes coverage data at authority level.

Key findings

Hull has the highest gigabit-capable coverage in the UK at 99.8% of premises.
Every one of the top 10 areas sits above 97% gigabit coverage.
The average gigabit-capable coverage across all 350 ranked areas is 85.0%.
Superfast (30+ Mbit/s) coverage is now near-universal. Every one of the top 10 areas exceeds 99% superfast coverage.

Methodology

Coverage figures come from Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025 release. "Gigabit-capable" is the percentage of residential premises where a connection of 1 Gbit/s or faster is available (typically full fibre or upgraded cable). "Full fibre" is the percentage where fibre-to-the-premises specifically is available. Availability is not the same as take-up: a premises counts as covered even if the occupier is on a slower package. The ranking covers 350 UK local authorities where Ofcom publishes coverage data.

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