89.4% of homes and businesses in the Blackburn with Darwen council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 11.1 points in a year: 8,062 more premises can now order it. 173 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 70,158 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)
| Blackburn | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 89.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 92.5% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Blackburn with Darwen council area ranks 80th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
8,500 of 74,916 premises in BDUK's records (11.3%) 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.
| BB1 | 91% | 97% | 0.6% | 1304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB2 | 92% | 97% | 0.7% | 1327 |
| BB3 | 78% | 94% | 0.9% | 903 |
89.4% of premises in the Blackburn with Darwen council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 92.5% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Blackburn with Darwen council area went from 78.3% in January 2025 to 89.4% in January 2026: 8,062 more premises.
173 premises in the Blackburn with Darwen council area (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 15 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 33% of premises that can get full fibre in the Blackburn with Darwen council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
8,500 premises in Blackburn can't get gigabit broadband yet. 4,235 are in a provider's own build plans, 575 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 3,690 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 Blackburn, BB2 has the most gigabit coverage (92% on average) and BB3 the least (78%).
99.9% of premises in the Blackburn with Darwen 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 98.1%.