62.6% of homes and businesses in Middlesbrough can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 8.1 points in a year: 6,138 more premises can now order it. 535 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 71,097 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)
| Middlesbrough | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 62.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 94.6% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.7% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Middlesbrough ranks 330th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
5,271 of 73,258 premises in BDUK's records (7.2%) 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.
| TS1 | 70% | 86% | 2.3% | 553 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS2 | 30% | 58% | 29.2% | 130 |
| TS3 | 97% | 98% | 1.4% | 894 |
| TS4 | 94% | 97% | 0% | 513 |
| TS5 | 97% | 99% | 0.2% | 1020 |
| TS7 | 91% | 95% | 2% | 594 |
| TS8 | 84% | 88% | 7% | 389 |
| TS17 | 90% | 92% | 3.8% | 1018 |
62.6% of premises in Middlesbrough could order full fibre in January 2026, and 94.6% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Middlesbrough went from 54.5% in January 2025 to 62.6% in January 2026: 6,138 more premises.
535 premises in Middlesbrough (0.8%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 5 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 57% of premises that can get full fibre in Middlesbrough have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
5,271 premises in Middlesbrough can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,874 are in a provider's own build plans, 77 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 3,320 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 8 postcode districts we cover for Middlesbrough, TS5 has the most gigabit coverage (97% on average) and TS2 the least (30%).
100% of premises in Middlesbrough have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97%.