81.7% of homes and businesses in St Albans can get full fibre broadband, close to the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.5 points in a year: 1,715 more premises can now order it. 140 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 66,276 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)
| St Albans | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 81.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 93.5% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
St Albans ranks 178th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
5,019 of 67,357 premises in BDUK's records (7.5%) 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.
| AL1 | 89% | 96% | 0% | 1119 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL2 | 90% | 97% | 0.3% | 723 |
| AL3 | 80% | 92% | 1.8% | 952 |
| AL4 | 88% | 94% | 2.1% | 781 |
| AL5 | 91% | 98% | 0.2% | 1038 |
| HP2 | 86% | 96% | 2.4% | 972 |
| HP3 | 83% | 97% | 0.6% | 760 |
| WD5 | 89% | 97% | 0.4% | 254 |
| WD7 | 73% | 95% | 0.7% | 406 |
| WD25 | 83% | 95% | 1.5% | 670 |
81.7% of premises in St Albans could order full fibre in January 2026, and 93.5% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in St Albans went from 79.2% in January 2025 to 81.7% in January 2026: 1,715 more premises.
140 premises in St Albans (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 11 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 48% of premises that can get full fibre in St Albans have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
5,019 premises in St Albans can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,079 are in a provider's own build plans, 285 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 2,655 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 St Albans, AL5 has the most gigabit coverage (91% on average) and WD7 the least (73%).
100% of premises in St Albans have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97.5%.