72.9% of homes and businesses in the Bath and North East Somerset council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 6.1 points in a year: 5,853 more premises can now order it. 405 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 90,941 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)
| Bath | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 72.9% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 79.3% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 96.4% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Bath and North East Somerset council area ranks 270th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
20,690 of 95,844 premises in BDUK's records (21.6%) 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.
| BA1 | 56% | 86% | 1.7% | 1446 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA2 | 73% | 93% | 2.6% | 2214 |
| BA15 | 60% | 93% | 1.7% | 464 |
72.9% of premises in the Bath and North East Somerset council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 79.3% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Bath and North East Somerset council area went from 66.8% in January 2025 to 72.9% in January 2026: 5,853 more premises.
405 premises in the Bath and North East Somerset council area (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 69 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 40% of premises that can get full fibre in the Bath and North East Somerset council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
20,690 premises in Bath can't get gigabit broadband yet. 11,052 are in a provider's own build plans, 1,587 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 8,051 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 3 postcode districts we cover for Bath, BA2 has the most gigabit coverage (73% on average) and BA1 the least (56%).
99.3% of premises in the Bath and North East Somerset 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 89.1%.