89.6% of homes and businesses in Nottingham can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 15.5 points in a year: 23,360 more premises can now order it. 100 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 146,492 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)
| Nottingham | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 89.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Nottingham ranks 78th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
16,870 of 159,618 premises in BDUK's records (10.6%) 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.
| NG1 | 89% | 94% | 0.3% | 540 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG2 | 97% | 99% | 0.1% | 1256 |
| NG3 | 96% | 100% | 0.1% | 1016 |
| NG5 | 97% | 99% | 0.5% | 1862 |
| NG6 | 97% | 99% | 0.1% | 765 |
| NG7 | 93% | 99% | 0.4% | 1086 |
| NG8 | 99% | 100% | 0.1% | 1174 |
| NG9 | 92% | 99% | 0.3% | 1554 |
| NG11 | 90% | 98% | 0.3% | 881 |
| NG12 | 72% | 95% | 1.7% | 1001 |
89.6% of premises in Nottingham could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Nottingham went from 74.1% in January 2025 to 89.6% in January 2026: 23,360 more premises.
100 premises in Nottingham (0.1%) 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 34% of premises that can get full fibre in Nottingham have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
16,870 premises in Nottingham can't get gigabit broadband yet. 3,340 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 13,530 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 10 postcode districts we cover for Nottingham, NG8 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and NG12 the least (72%).
100% of premises in Nottingham have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.8%.