94.4% of homes and businesses in Wirral can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.2 points in a year: 3,623 more premises can now order it. 85 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 160,608 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)
| Wirral | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 94.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.4% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Wirral ranks 26th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
8,229 of 165,099 premises in BDUK's records (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.
| CH41 | 93% | 99% | 0% | 787 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH42 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 685 |
| CH43 | 96% | 100% | 0% | 931 |
| CH44 | 97% | 100% | 0% | 751 |
| CH45 | 97% | 100% | 0% | 755 |
| CH46 | 97% | 99% | 0% | 593 |
| CH47 | 94% | 100% | 0% | 341 |
| CH48 | 91% | 97% | 0.6% | 499 |
| CH49 | 97% | 99% | 0.2% | 674 |
| CH60 | 85% | 97% | 0% | 463 |
| CH61 | 94% | 98% | 0.3% | 418 |
| CH62 | 98% | 99% | 0% | 819 |
| CH63 | 96% | 98% | 0.5% | 819 |
| CH64 | 90% | 96% | 0.8% | 641 |
| CH65 | 91% | 97% | 0.8% | 818 |
94.4% of premises in Wirral could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Wirral went from 92.2% in January 2025 to 94.4% in January 2026: 3,623 more premises.
85 premises in Wirral (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 2 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 57% of premises that can get full fibre in Wirral have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
8,229 premises in Wirral can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,459 are in a provider's own build plans, 95 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 6,675 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 15 postcode districts we cover for Wirral, CH42 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and CH60 the least (85%).
100% of premises in Wirral have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 96.1%.