19 providers offer 290 broadband deals in St. Helens, from £13.50 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 131 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up, 30% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in St. Helens
The best value in St. Helens on full first-year cost is Plusnet's Full Fibre 145: £292 across year one, about £24 a month. A £155 reward card is bundled in. 145 Mbps covers streaming, video calls and working from home.
Best value in St. Helens
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.32/mo over contract · £632 total over 24 months
Fastest broadband deal in St. Helens
The fastest deal available in St. Helens is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps. Next fastest is UltraFibre 2500 from POP Telecom at 2,500 Mbps.
Fastest in St. Helens
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
£49.99/mo
rises to £52.99 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £52.24/mo over contract · £1254 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in St. Helens
The cheapest deal in St. Helens is 150Mb Full Fibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £13.50 a month for 150 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £13.50 is an intro price that rises to £18.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £162. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in St. Helens
150Mb Full Fibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
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150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
£29/mo
rises to £31 in April 2027 (+£2)
Avg £30.50/mo over contract · £732 total over 24 months
Sky Full Fibre Gigafast
100 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£31/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£749 total over 24 months
150Mbps Full Fibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£14/mo
for 12 months, then £19/mo
Avg £16.50/mo over contract · £396 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in St. Helens
19 providers serve St. Helens, with YouFibre the fastest at 7,000 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 St. Helens download speed at 131 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in St. Helens
Only 21% of the 58,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 93% 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 St. Helens line runs 131 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 93% of St. Helens, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach St. Helens?
The wholesale networks carrying St. Helens broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independently-built fibre networks in St. Helens, taken from the live deal mix. They don't cover every street, but on streets they reach, they typically beat the Openreach price.
- CityFibre: Sky, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Of the major networks, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 are also live here (Openreach covers virtually every UK premises, so it'll reach you).
Currently 19 providers have addressable deals in St. Helens.
What broadband coverage does St. Helens have?
Superfast broadband reaches 96% of St. Helens premises and gigabit 93%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in St. Helens?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of St. Helens homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of St. Helens, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by St. Helens neighbourhood
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainford WA11 | 143 | +13 | 19 | 92% | 87% | 100% |
| Bold WA9 | 130 | -1 | 21 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
| St Helens Town Centre WA10 | 127 | -3 | 19 | 98% | 95% | 100% |
| Newton-le-Willows WA12 | 112 | -19 | 19 | 98% | 95% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per St. Helens neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the St. Helens average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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* Based on Go.Compare research estimating that 28% of UK broadband users pay for faster broadband speeds than they need (which we interpret as overpaying), equivalent to around 7.5m UK households.
Speed and coverage figures for St. Helenscome 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.