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Broadband in St. Helens

95% of homes in St. Helens can get full fibre, 13 points above the England figure of 82%. That ranks 18th of 296 councils in England and 25th of 361 across the UK.

What homes in St. Helens can get

  • Gigabit
    1,000Mbps or faster
    98%
  • Full fibre
    Fibre all the way to the home
    95%
  • Ultrafast
    300Mbps or faster
    98%
  • Fast
    100Mbps or faster
    98%
  • Superfast
    30Mbps or faster
    99%
  • No decent service
    Under 10Mbps from fixed lines or wireless
    0%
Share of homes in St. Helens able to get each speed. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026.
90,219
homes and businesses in Ofcom's data
38%
of premises that can get full fibre have signed up to it
0
premises can't get decent broadband (10Mbps) from a fixed line or wireless network

Towns in St. Helens

TownGigabitSuperfastPostcodes
St Helens97%99%2,770
Newton-le-Willows97%100%609
Haydock96%99%374
Rainford95%98%152
Billinge95%98%116

Towns and larger villages, by number of postcodes. Figures are averages across each town's postcodes.

Council figures are Ofcom's own totals for St. Helens (January 2026). Coverage figures are for homes; the premises counts include businesses. About our data.