22 providers offer 239 broadband deals in Forest of Dean, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,300 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 68 Mbps down and 48 Mbps up, 33% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Forest of Dean
The best value in Forest of Dean 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 Forest of Dean
£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 Forest of Dean
The fastest deal available in Forest of Dean is 2300 Full Fibre 12m from Zzoomm at 2,300 Mbps. BeFibre matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in Forest of Dean
2300 Full Fibre 12m
2300 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£49/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£588 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
£49/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£588 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Forest of Dean
The cheapest deal in Forest of Dean is Fast 24m from giffgaff at £5.00 a month for 200 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £5.00 is an intro price that rises to £25.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £180. Comfortably faster than the UK average.
Cheapest in Forest of Dean
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £28/mo
Avg £22.25/mo over contract · £534 total over 24 months
Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium
115 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £37.32/mo over contract · £896 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
£19/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£342 total over 18 months
Broadband providers in Forest of Dean
22 providers serve Forest of Dean, with BeFibre the fastest at 2,300 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 Forest of Dean download speed at 68 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Forest of Dean
Only 10% of the 26,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 76% 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 Forest of Dean line runs 68 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 76% of Forest of Dean, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Forest of Dean?
The wholesale networks carrying Forest of Dean broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Forest of Dean, listed below. The companies that build their own fibre rather than reselling someone else's, which is often the cheapest gigabit on the street.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
And the major networks: Openreach and Virgin Media O2 both reach this area (Openreach is the default network, in case the rest haven't reached your street).
Real provider count in Forest of Dean: 22 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does Forest of Dean have?
Superfast broadband reaches 91% of Forest of Dean premises but gigabit only 76%, so around 15% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Forest of Dean?
Outdoor 5G reaches 94% of Forest of Dean, but 3% of homes get no indoor 4G from any network, so a mobile backup here wants a window.
Broadband speeds by Forest of Dean neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 100 Mbps in Hartpury to 59 Mbps in Mitcheldean, so your street matters more than the Forest of Dean average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartpury GL19 | 100 | +32 | 86 | 82% | 67% | 96% |
| Newent GL18 | 80 | +12 | 35 | 76% | 65% | 94% |
| Coleford GL16 | 75 | +7 | 52 | 98% | 91% | 94% |
| Lydney GL15 | 67 | -1 | 43 | 93% | 69% | 94% |
| Cinderford GL14 | 60 | -8 | 42 | 95% | 79% | 94% |
| Mitcheldean GL17 | 59 | -9 | 50 | 94% | 76% | 94% |
Measured Ofcom data per Forest of Dean neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Forest of Dean 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 Forest of Deancome 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.