CityFibre Coverage: Where Can You Get It?
How to check availability and what to do if CityFibre hasn't reached you yet.
The Rollout So Far
CityFibre is building a full fibre network targeting 8 million UK homes. That is roughly a third of the country. Construction is happening city by city, street by street. Some areas have been live for years; others are still being dug up; and many are not yet on the roadmap.
The rollout focuses on towns and cities where there is strong demand and limited existing fibre competition. Early cities included Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Stirling, and Coventry. The network has since expanded to dozens more, including Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol, and Cambridge.
How to Check Your Address
The quickest way to find out if CityFibre is available at your address is to use our postcode checker on the homepage. Enter your postcode, select your address, and you will see which CityFibre ISPs can serve you, along with their current deals.
If our checker shows no CityFibre results, it means the network has not yet reached your street. This does not necessarily mean it never will.
”Build” vs “Live”
CityFibre’s rollout has two phases per area:
- Build Phase: Engineers are digging trenches, laying ducts, and blowing fibre cables. You will see roadworks, orange barriers, and CityFibre-branded vans in your neighbourhood. During this phase, you cannot yet order a connection, but it is a strong sign that service is coming within months.
- Live Phase: The network is complete and accepting orders. You can sign up with any ISP that operates on CityFibre in your area and book an installation date.
Some streets go live before others in the same city. CityFibre typically works outwards from a central exchange, so homes closer to the exchange tend to be connected first.
What If CityFibre Is Not in Your Area?
If CityFibre is not available and is not showing as “coming soon,” you still have options:
- Openreach FTTP: BT’s Openreach is also rolling out full fibre across the UK. Many ISPs (BT, Sky, EE, Plusnet, Zen) sell on this network. Check availability on the Openreach website.
- Other AltNets: Depending on your location, another alternative network might be building in your area. Hyperoptic covers many apartment blocks, Community Fibre is strong in London, and Gigaclear focuses on rural areas.
- Register Interest: CityFibre allows you to register your interest on their website. High demand in a particular area can influence rollout priorities.
Moving to a CityFibre Area
If you are house-hunting and broadband matters to you (and it should), checking CityFibre availability before you move is worth doing. A property with a live CityFibre connection gives you access to dozens of competing ISPs, symmetrical gigabit speeds, and some of the lowest prices in the UK broadband market. It is a genuine selling point that more estate agents are starting to highlight.