78.4% of homes and businesses in London can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 6.8 points in a year: 299,926 more premises can now order it. 7,160 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 4,061,869 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)
| London | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 78.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 90.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
536,045 of 4,287,848 premises in BDUK's records (12.5%) 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.
| Barking and Dagenham | 90% | 95.3% | +1.2 | 397 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | 88.3% | 89.5% | +3.3 | 79 | 92 |
| Waltham Forest | 87.4% | 94.1% | +4.2 | 459 | 106 |
| Camden | 86.9% | 95.2% | +3.8 | 6 | 111 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 85.4% | 91% | +3.9 | 107 | 130 |
| Wandsworth | 85.2% | 90.3% | +5.5 | 99 | 135 |
| Redbridge | 84.8% | 93.3% | +1.7 | 235 | 137 |
| Havering | 84.5% | 91.2% | +2.6 | 279 | 143 |
| Islington | 84.4% | 95.3% | +5.2 | 5 | 145 |
| Bexley | 84.2% | 93.4% | +2.8 | 222 | 146 |
| Hackney | 84.1% | 91.6% | +1.9 | 80 | 152 |
| Lambeth | 83.5% | 92.3% | +6.0 | 3 | 158 |
| Newham | 83% | 91.9% | +6.9 | 277 | 161 |
| City of London | 82.3% | 82.6% | +2.0 | 1 | 166 |
| Southwark | 82.1% | 90.3% | +2.9 | 19 | 173 |
| Tower Hamlets | 82% | 86.7% | +2.9 | 373 | 174 |
| Merton | 81.6% | 94.7% | -0.2 | 53 | 179 |
| Hillingdon | 80.6% | 92.9% | +5.5 | 616 | 183 |
| Lewisham | 78.5% | 90.1% | +7.0 | 145 | 207 |
| Sutton | 78.1% | 91.7% | +2.6 | 32 | 214 |
| Brent | 77.8% | 86.9% | +6.7 | 253 | 216 |
| Harrow | 77.7% | 89.9% | +6.0 | 367 | 218 |
| Greenwich | 77.6% | 89.9% | +2.4 | 180 | 221 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 73% | 93.3% | +3.6 | 192 | 269 |
| Ealing | 72% | 89.4% | +5.5 | 452 | 275 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 71.2% | 91.2% | +9.3 | 62 | 282 |
| Croydon | 70.7% | 89.9% | +17.8 | 387 | 287 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 70.4% | 90.8% | +13.1 | 64 | 289 |
| Barnet | 69.7% | 80.2% | +17.8 | 252 | 291 |
| Bromley | 69.2% | 93% | +15.6 | 192 | 296 |
| Hounslow | 65.9% | 91.4% | +14.0 | 500 | 316 |
| Haringey | 61.6% | 89.1% | +6.2 | 232 | 333 |
| Enfield | 59.5% | 91.2% | +21.2 | 540 | 340 |
78.4% of premises in London could order full fibre in January 2026, and 90.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in London went from 71.6% in January 2025 to 78.4% in January 2026: 299,926 more premises.
7,160 premises in London (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 146 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 43% of premises that can get full fibre in London have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
536,045 premises in London can't get gigabit broadband yet. 241,643 are in a provider's own build plans, 396 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 294,006 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Barking and Dagenham has the highest full fibre coverage in London (90%) and Enfield the lowest (59.5%).
100% of premises in London have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.1%.