70% of homes and businesses in Norfolk can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 7.0 points in a year: 34,552 more premises can now order it. 4,127 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 459,180 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)
| Norfolk | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 70% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 73% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 96.8% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
132,481 of 488,850 premises in BDUK's records (27.1%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by March 2032.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Great Yarmouth | 82.8% | 87.7% | +10.6 | 65 | 162 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadland | 78.1% | 81.6% | +12.7 | 395 | 211 |
| Norwich | 75.2% | 89.1% | +2.9 | 21 | 243 |
| South Norfolk | 70.9% | 71.7% | +11.0 | 817 | 285 |
| Breckland | 67.3% | 67.3% | +4.6 | 1,120 | 308 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 65.3% | 65.3% | +2.9 | 935 | 319 |
| North Norfolk | 54.5% | 54.5% | +5.5 | 774 | 352 |
70% of premises in Norfolk could order full fibre in January 2026, and 73% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Norfolk went from 63% in January 2025 to 70% in January 2026: 34,552 more premises.
4,127 premises in Norfolk (0.9%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 1,972 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 Norfolk have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
132,481 premises in Norfolk can't get gigabit broadband yet. 19,649 are in a provider's own build plans, 14,947 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 97,885 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Great Yarmouth has the highest full fibre coverage in Norfolk (82.8%) and North Norfolk the lowest (54.5%).
97% of premises in Norfolk have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 75.3%.