88% of homes and businesses in Chesterfield can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 3.7 points in a year: 2,404 more premises can now order it. 63 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 55,160 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)
| Chesterfield | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 88% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 90.5% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.2% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Chesterfield ranks 94th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
5,858 of 57,032 premises in BDUK's records (10.3%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by February 2028.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| S40 | 88% | 98% | 0% | 1002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S41 | 85% | 99% | 0.3% | 1008 |
| S42 | 90% | 95% | 2.3% | 839 |
| S43 | 89% | 98% | 0.2% | 1052 |
| S44 | 85% | 94% | 2.4% | 608 |
88% of premises in Chesterfield could order full fibre in January 2026, and 90.5% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Chesterfield went from 84.3% in January 2025 to 88% in January 2026: 2,404 more premises.
63 premises in Chesterfield (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 2 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 Chesterfield have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
5,858 premises in Chesterfield can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,496 are in a provider's own build plans, 577 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by February 2028, and 2,785 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 Chesterfield, S42 has the most gigabit coverage (90% on average) and S44 the least (85%).
100% of premises in Chesterfield have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 96.6%.