Connectivity

Broadband by postcode

For every postcode in Great Britain, the share of homes and businesses that can get gigabit, ultrafast and superfast broadband, from Ofcom's Connected Nations data.

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Published by
OfcomOffice for National Statistics
Level of detail
Postcode (map point level)
Published for
Map point
Covers
England, Wales and Scotland
Updates
Quarterly
Data period
Not recorded for this layer. The dates below are when it was published and fetched.
Published
7 September 2026
Fetched by Open Index
15 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0

Where it covers

  • England
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland(not covered)

Ofcom publishes Northern Ireland postcodes, but Open Index cannot place them on the map while Northern Ireland postcodes are licensed for internal use only.

How it is made

Open Index shows the figures as Ofcom and Office for National Statistics publish them, for the areas they were published for: map points.

Larger areas use the publisher’s own figures, never an average of smaller areas.

Before you use it

  • These are availability figures from broadband providers, as a snapshot for January 2026. They say what homes and businesses can order, not what they have or the speed they get.
  • Each point is a postcode at its centre, coloured by the share of its homes and businesses that can get gigabit-capable broadband. A postcode can mix fast and slow lines.
  • Ultrafast is 100 Mbit/s or more, superfast 30 Mbit/s or more. Decent broadband is the legal minimum of 10 Mbit/s download, from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
  • Ofcom publishes a share for each postcode but no count of premises, so Open Index does not add postcodes up. Area figures come from Ofcom's own output area and council files (the gigabit coverage layer).
  • Fixed broadband only. Mobile coverage is a separate layer.

Colours on the map

Each point on the map, in one colour

Sources and licences

Connected Nations (Ofcom)
Ofcom
Edition
Connected Nations update: Spring 2026
Published
13 May 2026
Fetched by Open Index
15 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0
Credit line

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations update: Spring 2026 (Ofcom copyright). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ONS Postcode Directory
Office for National Statistics
Edition
ONSPD_AUG26
Published
7 September 2026
Fetched by Open Index
15 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0
Credit line

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.

  • Northern Ireland (BT) postcodes are licensed for internal business use only. They stay in the warehouse, marked restricted, and never reach a published file..

Use this data

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The published data archive is on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848.

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