57.5% of homes and businesses in the Telford and Wrekin council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 26.7 points in a year: 24,520 more premises can now order it. 292 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 89,421 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)
| Telford | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 57.5% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 87.1% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Telford and Wrekin council area ranks 348th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
11,419 of 92,863 premises in BDUK's records (12.3%) 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.
| TF1 | 88% | 99% | 0.1% | 1091 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TF2 | 87% | 98% | 0.9% | 1098 |
| TF3 | 79% | 91% | 2% | 651 |
| TF4 | 85% | 99% | 0.2% | 606 |
| TF5 | 85% | 96% | 0.3% | 118 |
| TF7 | 81% | 98% | 0% | 454 |
| TF8 | 29% | 96% | 1% | 175 |
| TF11 | 59% | 77% | 7.1% | 456 |
57.5% of premises in the Telford and Wrekin council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 87.1% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Telford and Wrekin council area went from 30.8% in January 2025 to 57.5% in January 2026: 24,520 more premises.
292 premises in the Telford and Wrekin council area (0.3%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 25 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 40% of premises that can get full fibre in the Telford and Wrekin council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
11,419 premises in Telford can't get gigabit broadband yet. 5,389 are in a provider's own build plans, 1,840 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2031, and 4,190 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 8 postcode districts we cover for Telford, TF1 has the most gigabit coverage (88% on average) and TF8 the least (29%).
99.7% of premises in the Telford and Wrekin 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 88.9%.