84.5% of homes and businesses in the Havering council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.6 points in a year: 4,150 more premises can now order it. 279 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 115,624 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)
| Romford | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 84.5% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 91.2% | 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% |
The Havering council area ranks 143rd of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
11,918 of 117,192 premises in BDUK's records (10.2%) 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.
| CM14 | 77% | 98% | 0.4% | 586 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RM1 | 86% | 96% | 0% | 518 |
| RM2 | 89% | 98% | 0% | 270 |
| RM3 | 89% | 99% | 0% | 914 |
| RM4 | 82% | 89% | 4.1% | 156 |
| RM5 | 93% | 100% | 0.1% | 380 |
| RM7 | 90% | 99% | 0.1% | 534 |
| RM9 | 93% | 96% | 3.3% | 532 |
| RM11 | 92% | 99% | 0% | 573 |
| RM12 | 93% | 99% | 0% | 606 |
| RM13 | 86% | 96% | 2.3% | 648 |
| RM14 | 83% | 91% | 3.9% | 595 |
84.5% of premises in the Havering council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 91.2% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Havering council area went from 81.9% in January 2025 to 84.5% in January 2026: 4,150 more premises.
279 premises in the Havering council area (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 42 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 42% of premises that can get full fibre in the Havering council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
11,918 premises in Romford can't get gigabit broadband yet. 5,913 are in a provider's own build plans, 21 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 5,984 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 12 postcode districts we cover for Romford, RM12 has the most gigabit coverage (93% on average) and CM14 the least (77%).
100% of premises in the Havering council area have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97.7%.