74.3% of homes and businesses in the Shropshire council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 7.5 points in a year: 12,537 more premises can now order it. 5,471 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 159,756 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)
| Shrewsbury | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 74.3% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 74.6% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 92.1% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Shropshire council area ranks 259th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
50,893 of 171,291 premises in BDUK's records (29.7%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2031.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| SY1 | 83% | 94% | 0.2% | 931 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY2 | 95% | 100% | 0% | 572 |
| SY3 | 90% | 97% | 0.5% | 1091 |
| SY5 | 29% | 70% | 15% | 1063 |
74.3% of premises in the Shropshire council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 74.6% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Shropshire council area went from 66.8% in January 2025 to 74.3% in January 2026: 12,537 more premises.
5,471 premises in the Shropshire council area (3.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 522 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 53% of premises that can get full fibre in the Shropshire council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
50,893 premises in Shrewsbury can't get gigabit broadband yet. 3,277 are in a provider's own build plans, 17,351 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2031, and 30,265 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 4 postcode districts we cover for Shrewsbury, SY2 has the most gigabit coverage (95% on average) and SY5 the least (29%).
93.2% of premises in the Shropshire 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 79.2%.