82.3% of homes and businesses in the North Yorkshire council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 8.6 points in a year: 29,506 more premises can now order it. 6,736 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 328,672 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)
| Whitby | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 82.3% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 82.6% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 95.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The North Yorkshire council area ranks 168th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
68,174 of 346,679 premises in BDUK's records (19.7%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2030.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| YO21 | 51% | 83% | 6.9% | 666 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO22 | 51% | 83% | 9.2% | 441 |
82.3% of premises in the North Yorkshire council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 82.6% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the North Yorkshire council area went from 73.7% in January 2025 to 82.3% in January 2026: 29,506 more premises.
6,736 premises in the North Yorkshire council area (2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 1,008 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 41% of premises that can get full fibre in the North Yorkshire council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
68,174 premises in Whitby can't get gigabit broadband yet. 17,293 are in a provider's own build plans, 23,516 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 27,365 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 2 postcode districts we cover for Whitby, YO21 has the most gigabit coverage (51% on average) and YO21 the least (51%).
96.4% of premises in the North Yorkshire 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 80.3%.