21 providers offer 254 broadband deals in Wigan, from £13.50 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 119 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up, 18% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Wigan
The best value in Wigan 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 Wigan
£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 Wigan
The fastest deal available in Wigan is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps. Next fastest is UltraFibre 2500 from POP Telecom at 2,500 Mbps.
Fastest in Wigan
£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 Wigan
The cheapest deal in Wigan 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. Rise Fibre is essentially level at £14.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Wigan
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
Runner-up on price
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
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
900Mbps Full Fibre (24 Months)
900 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£15/mo
for 12 months, then £20/mo
Avg £17.50/mo over contract · £420 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
£18/mo
rises to £21 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £20.25/mo over contract · £486 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Wigan
21 providers serve Wigan, 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 Wigan download speed at 119 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Wigan
Only 19% of the 103,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 94% 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 Wigan line runs 119 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 94% of Wigan, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Wigan?
The wholesale networks carrying Wigan broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Working altnets in Wigan, listed by what their resellers are actually selling. Each footprint stops and starts a few doors apart, so address-checking matters more than usual.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Add to the list Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach is the country-wide baseline, so it's a given).
Real provider count in Wigan: 21 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does Wigan have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Wigan premises and gigabit 94%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Wigan?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Wigan homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Wigan, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Wigan neighbourhood
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winstanley WN3 | 135 | +16 | 20 | 99% | 94% | 100% |
| Culcheth WA3 | 120 | +1 | 22 | 96% | 93% | 100% |
| Standish with Langtree WN6 | 120 | +1 | 19 | 97% | 93% | 100% |
| Leigh WN7 | 118 | -1 | 21 | 99% | 94% | 100% |
| Pemberton WN5 | 118 | -1 | 19 | 98% | 93% | 100% |
| Astley M29 | 117 | -2 | 20 | 96% | 93% | 100% |
| Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 | 114 | -5 | 18 | 98% | 95% | 100% |
| Wigan (WN1) WN1 | 113 | -6 | 19 | 98% | 93% | 100% |
| Hindley WN2 | 113 | -6 | 19 | 98% | 93% | 100% |
| Atherton M46 | 106 | -13 | 19 | 99% | 93% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Wigan neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Wigan 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 Wigancome 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.