88.8% of homes and businesses in Lancashire can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 12.7 points in a year: 102,042 more premises can now order it. 2,731 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 761,972 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)
| Lancashire | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 88.8% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 91.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.4% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
83,872 of 805,273 premises in BDUK's records (10.4%) 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.
| Hyndburn | 93.4% | 93.8% | +1.2 | 58 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendle | 93% | 94.3% | +6.5 | 338 | 41 |
| Fylde | 92.8% | 94.4% | +5.0 | 73 | 45 |
| Burnley | 92.4% | 96% | +10.2 | 67 | 49 |
| Wyre | 92.4% | 92.4% | +2.8 | 194 | 51 |
| Rossendale | 92.1% | 92.9% | +2.8 | 114 | 58 |
| Chorley | 89.8% | 93.1% | +6.4 | 254 | 74 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 89.4% | 92.5% | +11.1 | 173 | 80 |
| Lancaster | 87.2% | 89.1% | +1.8 | 267 | 107 |
| Ribble Valley | 86.5% | 86.6% | +8.8 | 535 | 118 |
| Preston | 86% | 92.2% | +21.1 | 105 | 123 |
| West Lancashire | 85.6% | 85.6% | +8.5 | 384 | 129 |
| South Ribble | 85.4% | 88.4% | +25.1 | 160 | 131 |
| Blackpool | 83.9% | 93.6% | +42.8 | 9 | 153 |
88.8% of premises in Lancashire could order full fibre in January 2026, and 91.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Lancashire went from 76.1% in January 2025 to 88.8% in January 2026: 102,042 more premises.
2,731 premises in Lancashire (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 270 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 49% of premises that can get full fibre in Lancashire have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
83,872 premises in Lancashire can't get gigabit broadband yet. 25,394 are in a provider's own build plans, 5,964 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 52,514 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Hyndburn has the highest full fibre coverage in Lancashire (93.4%) and Blackpool the lowest (83.9%).
99.7% of premises in Lancashire have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 92.3%.