Broadband in Bolsover

Bolsover's district-wide figures sit near the middle of the national pack. Full fibre coverage of 63.9% of postcodes runs a little under the UK average of around 69 per cent of premises passed, superfast availability is 95.3%, and gigabit-capable services reach 85.2%. A slow tail of 1.2% persists across the 2,036 postcodes.

Averages flatten a lumpy map, though. S42 records complete full fibre coverage, with S80 and S43 close to nine in ten postcodes. At the other extreme, DE55, NG16 and NG19 register nothing. Because gigabit availability at 85.2% clearly exceeds the fibre figure, some of those fibre-free postcodes still have a gigabit route through other network coverage. Even so, the gulf between the best and worst codes makes address-level checking more important here than the headline numbers imply.

For movers, the fibre gap translates directly into different buying experiences. In S42, S80 or S43, a full fibre package is the expectation. In DE55, NG16 or NG19, the data shows no fibre lines, so choices depend on other networks, which still deliver gigabit capability to many postcodes. With 95.3% superfast coverage overall, few addresses are genuinely poorly served, but the 1.2% below 10 Mbps is worth screening for when comparing addresses.