Openreach Full Fibre coming to 56 new homes

Matt Maynard • 20 May 2022

Openreach has announced 56 new UK FTTP Broadband Rollout areas.

Openreach Full Fibre coming to 56 new homes

Openreach will bring fibre to the premises (FTTP) - the fastest form of broadband available - to 56 new locations.

56 towns and villages have been added to Openreach's £15 billion rollout, which means more of the UK's population will have access to gigabit-capable broadband speeds.

At the moment, 58,000 premises per week are getting full-fibre capability, which is expected to peak at 75,000 at some point within the rollout.

What is FTTP?

Fibre to the premises is the alternate broadband service to fibre-to-the-cabinet. With the former, the optic fibre line will run from a manhole cover in your area straight to your house. With the latter, a fibre cable will run from an exchange to a green cabinet near you, and then an ADSL (copper phone line) will be used to transport your broadband to you. Fibre-to-the-cabinet is extremely common, and your broadband speed is largely dependent on how close you are to your green cabinet. FTTP offers considerably higher speeds due to the fibre optic cable serving your premises directly.

Which areas are being added to the rollout?

See the 56 areas added to Openreach's FTTP rollout below:

Exchange	County
Birtley	Tyne and Wear
Durham	County Durham
Greatham	County Durham
Hartlepool	County Durham
Hetton Le Hole	County Durham
Seaham	County Durham
Fencehouses	Tyne and Wear
Easington	County Durham
Peterlee	County Durham
Wellfield	County Durham
Brotton	North Yorkshire
Loftus	North Yorkshire
Redcar	North Yorkshire
Skelton	North Yorkshire
Saltburn	North Yorkshire
Eaglescliffe	North Yorkshire
Hartburn	County Durham
Ingleby Barwick	North Yorkshire
Norton	County Durham
Stockton	County Durham
Wolviston	County Durham
Bishops Stortford	Hertfordshire
Hatfield Broad Oak	Essex
Roothing	Essex
Doddington	Cambridgeshire
March	Cambridgeshire
Eye	Cambridgeshire
Mereside	Cambridgeshire
Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey	Cambridgeshire
Dartford	Kent
Slade Green	Greater London
Barming	Kent
Bearsted	Kent
High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire
Lane End	Buckinghamshire
Naphill	Buckinghamshire
Bluebell Hill	Kent
Aylesford	Kent
Clevedon	Somerset
Poole	Poole
Yatton	Somerset
Woodbridge	Suffolk
New Southgate	Greater London
Winchmore Hill	Greater London
Upholland	Greater Manchester
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
Cherry Hinton	Cambridgeshire
Cottenham	Cambridgeshire
Fulbourn	Cambridgeshire
Girton	Cambridgeshire
Histon	Cambridgeshire
Teversham	Cambridgeshire
Willingham	Cambridgeshire
Waterbeach	Cambridgeshire
Werrington	Cambridgeshire