16 providers offer 188 broadband deals in Craghead, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 53 Mbps down and 13 Mbps up, 48% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 57.2% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Craghead
The best value in Craghead on full first-year cost is 4th Utility's 900Mb Full Fibre (24 Months): £264 across year one, about £22 a month. At 900 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Craghead
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Craghead
The cheapest deal in Craghead is 300Mb Full Fibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £20.00 a month for 300 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £20.00 is an intro price that rises to £40.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £240. Virgin Media O2 is essentially level at £20.32 a month.
Cheapest in Craghead
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Runner-up on price
£18.99/mo
rises to £22.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Fastest broadband deal in Craghead
The fastest deal available in Craghead is Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix from Virgin Media O2 at 2,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre 1.6GB from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Craghead
Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix
£51.99/mo
rises to £55.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Runner-up on speed
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
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£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£23/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£25.99/mo
rises to £29.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£23.99/mo
rises to £27.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Craghead
16 providers serve Craghead including Sky, BT and Vodafone, with Virgin Media O2 the fastest at 2,000 Mbps.
Ranked by Ofcom complaints per 100,000 customers, fewest first. A down arrow is below the industry average, up is above, and a dash means Ofcom publishes no figure for that provider (usually because it is below Ofcom's 1.5% market-share reporting threshold). A small diagonal arrow shows the past-year trend (↘ improving, ↗ getting worse).
Ofcom records the typical Craghead download speed at 53 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Craghead
Only 0% are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 62% can get gigabit.
The faster line is already there. For most of these homes it is the contract holding them back, not the infrastructure.
Is your broadband good enough?
The typical Craghead line runs 53 Mbps.
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OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 62% of Craghead, and the fastest available is 80 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Craghead have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Craghead premises but gigabit only 62%, so around 37% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Craghead?
Outdoor 5G reaches 98% of Craghead homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
The two 5G figures differ. “5G availability” is everyday 5G running on the existing 4G core, which is what most phones show. “Next-gen 5G” is standalone 5G: a full 5G network with lower lag, still reaching fewer places.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 98% of Craghead, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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Speed and coverage figures for Cragheadcome from Ofcom's Connected Nations data, current to January 2026. Deal prices are pulled live from providers. Compiled by the FindBroadband team. See how we rank and source our data.