86.7% of homes and businesses in Manchester can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 4.4 points in a year: 13,748 more premises can now order it. 1,051 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 262,217 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)
| Manchester | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 86.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 90% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 96.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Manchester ranks 116th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
36,873 of 281,151 premises in BDUK's records (13.1%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| M1 | 88% | 94% | 0.1% | 506 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M2 | 96% | 96% | 0.1% | 207 |
| M3 | 89% | 93% | 0% | 593 |
| M4 | 88% | 96% | 1.1% | 516 |
| M7 | 91% | 99% | 0% | 782 |
| M8 | 90% | 98% | 0.3% | 783 |
| M9 | 92% | 99% | 0.3% | 1086 |
| M11 | 90% | 96% | 0.6% | 753 |
| M12 | 89% | 96% | 0.7% | 493 |
| M13 | 90% | 96% | 0.4% | 461 |
| M14 | 92% | 99% | 0% | 1000 |
| M15 | 84% | 97% | 0.3% | 572 |
| M16 | 91% | 99% | 0% | 834 |
| M18 | 94% | 100% | 0.3% | 582 |
| M19 | 97% | 100% | 0.1% | 806 |
| M20 | 95% | 99% | 0.1% | 1149 |
| M21 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 706 |
| M23 | 97% | 99% | 0.9% | 818 |
| M24 | 88% | 98% | 0.2% | 1264 |
| M25 | 94% | 99% | 0% | 782 |
| M33 | 97% | 100% | 0% | 1535 |
| M40 | 92% | 97% | 1.4% | 1379 |
| M43 | 94% | 99% | 0% | 621 |
| SK4 | 96% | 99% | 0% | 797 |
86.7% of premises in Manchester could order full fibre in January 2026, and 90% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Manchester went from 82.3% in January 2025 to 86.7% in January 2026: 13,748 more premises.
1,051 premises in Manchester (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 0 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 45% of premises that can get full fibre in Manchester have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
36,873 premises in Manchester can't get gigabit broadband yet. 11,907 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 24,966 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 24 postcode districts we cover for Manchester, M21 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and M15 the least (84%).
100% of premises in Manchester have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.9%.