Compare broadband deals across Blackley from 18 providers, with prices from £14.00/month.
Coverage: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026 snapshot), Open Government Licence · Neighbourhood boundaries: ONS MSOA 2021, names by the House of Commons Library · Pricing & providers by Switchity. Availability figures show what networks can deliver at each address, not measured speeds.
To show you these deals, we've used postcode M9 7FP as a benchmark. Use our postcode checker to see exact speeds and availability for your specific home.
18 providers were selling broadband at our sampled Blackley postcode at the last check. Independent customer ratings from Trustpilot where available.
Blackley is ranked 35 of Manchester's 59 neighbourhoods for gigabit-capable broadband, based on the share of homes and businesses that can order a gigabit-capable (1,000Mbps+) service today.
Blackley's broadband is unremarkable in the best way. 93.7% of premises can order gigabit speeds, a couple of points above the Manchester average, and our sampled postcode returned 186 deals from 18 providers. Plenty of areas with flashier numbers offer their residents less actual choice.
In Ofcom's latest data Blackley sits 35 of 59 in Manchester, with gigabit availability at 93.7% of its 4,840 premises and superfast coverage at 99.4%. 16 premises cannot get 10Mbps, though wireless options keep every address above the legal minimum. The neighbouring areas range from Moston West at 99% down to Boothroyden & Higher Blackley at 91%, with Blackley itself in between.
The deal count is the part worth dwelling on. 186 deals from 18 providers were live at our last local check, spread across cable, full fibre, part-fibre and 4G home broadband, with YouFibre advertising the city's fastest line at 7 Gbps. That depth means almost any combination of speed, contract length and budget has more than one provider chasing it.
Use the depth. Run your postcode, set a realistic speed tier, and let the providers undercut each other on the cost across the full contract. North Manchester rarely tops broadband league tables, but on the measure that matters day to day, what you can actually buy at your door, Blackley does fine.
All 59 Manchester neighbourhoods ranked by the share of homes and businesses that can order gigabit-capable broadband. Blackley is 35 of 59.
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Gigabit-capable | Homes & businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnage South | 99.6% | 3,428 |
| 2 | New Moston | 99.6% | 4,338 |
| 3 | Moston West | 99.0% | 4,126 |
| 31 | Crumpsall North & Heaton Park | 94.5% | 3,704 |
| 32 | Hulme Park & St George's | 94.5% | 4,640 |
| 33 | Ladybarn | 94.5% | 3,610 |
| 34 | Harpurhey North | 94.2% | 3,628 |
| 35 | Blackley (this area) | 93.7% | 4,840 |
| 36 | Crumpsall South | 93.4% | 4,937 |
| 37 | Baguley West & Brooklands | 93.1% | 4,141 |
| 38 | Clayton Vale | 92.7% | 3,524 |
| 39 | Didsbury Village | 92.5% | 4,704 |
| 59 | University North & Whitworth Street | 68.6% | 6,419 |
The fastest service each of the neighbourhood's 4,840 homes and businesses could order, from Ofcom's address-level availability data.
16 premises here can't get a usable connection (under 10Mbps).
Ofcom doesn't publish full fibre (FTTP) coverage at neighbourhood level, so for Blackley we show gigabit-capable coverage, which counts both full fibre and Virgin Media's cable network.
Across Manchester, 86.7% of premises can get full fibre, but only 45% of those who can have actually switched to it. If you're one of the rest, you may be paying old-network prices for old-network speeds.
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Coverage figures are built from Ofcom's address-level availability data, aggregated to this neighbourhood and weighted by the number of premises in each small area. Deal and provider information comes from Switchity's own checks at local postcodes. Availability always varies between individual addresses, so treat the figures as the neighbourhood picture, not a promise for your line.
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