75.2% of homes and businesses in Gloucestershire can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 14.0 points in a year: 67,227 more premises can now order it. 3,317 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 464,033 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)
| Gloucestershire | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 75.2% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 85.4% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
76,776 of 487,620 premises in BDUK's records (15.7%) 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.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Cheltenham | 86% | 93.5% | +4.5 | 78 | 122 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud | 79.9% | 80.8% | +20.6 | 273 | 193 |
| Forest of Dean | 79.5% | 79.5% | +4.8 | 1,025 | 194 |
| Gloucester | 77.7% | 94.8% | +30.6 | 102 | 217 |
| Tewkesbury | 75% | 87.7% | +15.1 | 797 | 246 |
| Cotswold | 72.2% | 72.2% | +7.3 | 344 | 274 |
| South Gloucestershire | 67% | 85.4% | +12.7 | 698 | 312 |
75.2% of premises in Gloucestershire could order full fibre in January 2026, and 85.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Gloucestershire went from 61.2% in January 2025 to 75.2% in January 2026: 67,227 more premises.
3,317 premises in Gloucestershire (0.7%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 483 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 48% of premises that can get full fibre in Gloucestershire have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
76,776 premises in Gloucestershire can't get gigabit broadband yet. 19,987 are in a provider's own build plans, 4,966 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 51,823 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Cheltenham has the highest full fibre coverage in Gloucestershire (86%) and South Gloucestershire the lowest (67%).
97.1% of premises in Gloucestershire have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 87.1%.