79.3% of homes and businesses in the Cherwell council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 5.1 points in a year: 4,312 more premises can now order it. 611 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 76,130 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)
| Bicester | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 79.3% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 88.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Cherwell council area ranks 198th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
13,829 of 81,418 premises in BDUK's records (17%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by November 2026.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| OX25 | 73% | 94% | 1.5% | 513 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX26 | 88% | 98% | 0.4% | 902 |
| OX27 | 76% | 85% | 13% | 361 |
79.3% of premises in the Cherwell council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 88.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Cherwell council area went from 74.2% in January 2025 to 79.3% in January 2026: 4,312 more premises.
611 premises in the Cherwell council area (0.8%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 36 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 56% of premises that can get full fibre in the Cherwell council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
13,829 premises in Bicester can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,503 are in a provider's own build plans, 507 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by November 2026, and 10,819 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 Bicester, OX26 has the most gigabit coverage (88% on average) and OX25 the least (73%).
99.1% of premises in the Cherwell 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 82.1%.