23 providers offer 307 broadband deals in Wakefield, from £13.50 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 90 Mbps down and 31 Mbps up, 11% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Wakefield
The best value in Wakefield 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 Wakefield
£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 Wakefield
The fastest deal available in Wakefield is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Wakefield
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+
3000 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£80/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1925 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Wakefield
The cheapest deal in Wakefield is 150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (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. giffgaff is essentially level at £15.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Wakefield
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
Runner-up on price
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£1/mo
for 1 month, then £28.99/mo
Avg £27.82/mo over contract · £668 total over 24 months
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £32/mo
Avg £25.25/mo over contract · £606 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
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£18.50/mo
for 12 months, then £23.50/mo
Avg £21/mo over contract · £504 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Wakefield
23 providers serve Wakefield, 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 Wakefield download speed at 90 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Wakefield
Only 14% of the 103,000 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 Wakefield line runs 90 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 93% of Wakefield, and the fastest available is 2,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Wakefield?
The wholesale networks carrying Wakefield broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Real altnet coverage in Wakefield, not the press release version. The list comes from who is actually selling deals at addresses here, network by network.
- CityFibre: Sky, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Then there's Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach covers virtually every UK premises, so it'll reach you).
Right now 23 providers are running deals to addresses in Wakefield.
What broadband coverage does Wakefield have?
Superfast broadband reaches 97% of Wakefield premises and gigabit 93%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Wakefield?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Wakefield homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Wakefield, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Wakefield neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 122 Mbps in Castleford Central and Glasshoughton to 68 Mbps in Featherstone, so your street matters more than the Wakefield average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleford Central and Glasshoughton WF10 | 122 | +32 | 24 | 97% | 94% | 100% |
| Wakefield (WF2) WF2 | 108 | +18 | 63 | 99% | 97% | 100% |
| Wakefield (WF1) WF1 | 103 | +13 | 28 | 94% | 86% | 100% |
| Normanton WF6 | 101 | +11 | 22 | 97% | 93% | 100% |
| Pontefract WF8 | 80 | -10 | 33 | 97% | 84% | 100% |
| South Elmsall and South Kirkby WF9 | 79 | -11 | 25 | 98% | 96% | 100% |
| Ossett WF5 | 78 | -13 | 27 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
| Knottingley WF11 | 73 | -17 | 36 | 95% | 89% | 99% |
| Wakefield (WF4) WF4 | 70 | -20 | 16 | 98% | 93% | 100% |
| Featherstone WF7 | 68 | -22 | 18 | 98% | 94% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Wakefield neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Wakefield 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 Wakefieldcome 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.