Project GigaHubs (complete)

The Digital Leicestershire team at Leicestershire County Council secured funding from Building Digital UK (BDUK) for a project to install full fibre broadband infrastructure to public sector sites in Leicestershire. This was under the initiative known as ‘Gigahubs’, which is part of the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit aimed at delivering gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach communities.

You can read more about Gigahubs at Gigahubs: key information – GOV.UK

Our Gigahubs project was the first in the country to be rolled-out.

Following a procurement, Leicestershire County Council selected BT to connect 43 public sector sites in Leicestershire with gigabit-capable broadband, which included:

Schools
Libraries
Waste sites
Depots

A full list of sites included in the project can be found at the end of this page.

BT had sub-contracted Openreach to build, manage and operate the new infrastructure. The implementation was managed by BT, with the initial phase of infrastructure delivery beginning in July 2023 and the final phase concluding in March 2024.

The below interactive map details all sites included within our Gigahubs project. Hover over the coloured dots on the map to see the details for each site.

To pan across the interactive map, click on the map and then press the ‘F’ key on your keyboard.

The outcomes of Leicestershire’s Gigahubs project:

provided improved connectivity to 43 public sector sites in mostly rural locations, where fibre connectivity would likely otherwise would not have been commercially provided due to costs and/or access
built upon Leicestershire County Council’s commitment to improve connectivity across the county, and
helped improve digital inclusion for Leicestershire.

Please contact the Digital Leicestershire team at broadband@leics.gov.uk for any queries relating to Project Gigahubs.

Leicestershire Gigahubs locations: