77% of homes and businesses in Gateshead can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 23.4 points in a year: 24,470 more premises can now order it. 983 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 103,311 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)
| Gateshead | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 77% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 89.4% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Gateshead ranks 225th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
8,033 of 103,753 premises in BDUK's records (7.7%) 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.
| NE8 | 74% | 95% | 0% | 741 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE9 | 91% | 99% | 0.7% | 828 |
| NE10 | 96% | 97% | 1.2% | 749 |
| NE11 | 58% | 82% | 12.4% | 484 |
| NE15 | 87% | 97% | 0.6% | 909 |
| NE16 | 70% | 94% | 1.6% | 761 |
| NE21 | 83% | 90% | 3.5% | 546 |
77% of premises in Gateshead could order full fibre in January 2026, and 89.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Gateshead went from 53.6% in January 2025 to 77% in January 2026: 24,470 more premises.
983 premises in Gateshead (1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 13 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 29% of premises that can get full fibre in Gateshead have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
8,033 premises in Gateshead can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,653 are in a provider's own build plans, 776 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 5,604 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 7 postcode districts we cover for Gateshead, NE10 has the most gigabit coverage (96% on average) and NE11 the least (58%).
100% of premises in Gateshead have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 95%.