Superfast Leics fibre broadband rollout to reach 38 more communities

A further 38 towns and villages across Leicestershire are poised to benefit from the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT.

The £18.8 million Superfast Leicestershire project has already brought the technology within reach of more than 10,000 homes and businesses, with an ultimate goal of covering 96 per cent of the county – equivalent to 62,000 properties.

As it strives to hit this target, the partnership is extending the rollout to reach the following locations:

Blaby District

• Stoney Stanton
• Additional parts of Blaby, Braunstone, Countesthorpe, Croft, Enderby, Narborough and Whetstone

Charnwood Borough

• Barkby
• Parts of Birstall
• Additional parts of East Goscote and Syston

Harborough District

• Ashby Parva, Bringhurst, Dunton Bassett, Frolesworth, Great Easton and Tur Langton
• Most of Fleckney, Great Glen and Ullesthorpe
• Additional parts of Scraptfoft

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough

• Barlestone, Dadlington, Higham on the Hill and Stanton under Bardon,
• Most of Markfield and Stoke Golding
• Parts of Market Bosworth
• Additional parts of Hinckley

Melton Borough

• Most of Bottesford

North West Leicestershire District

• Belton, Coleorton Thornton and Worthington
• Parts of Thringstone
• Additional parts of Castle Donington and Coalville

Steve Henderson, BT's Regional Director of Next Generation Access, promised: "There's more to come as well, with the next phase of the project well underway and more communities being connected in the coming months."