Full fibre is set to be rolled out in Poynton and other towns in Cheshire in the near future. 

Openreach aims to extend coverage to 14,500 new homes, many of which will be in Poynton. 

The company, which maintains the UK's broadband network, describes full fibre as "the UK's most reliable broadband technology".

At current, around 4.7 million homes in the UK use full fibre, with coverage in some areas still to be extended. 

It comes not long after 'lightning fast' speeds were extended to Hazel Grove as part of the UK Government's 'Project Gigabit' scheme.

Speaking of Poynton's full fibre roll out, Robert Thorburn, Openreach regional director for the North, said: "This is a huge infrastructure success story across Cheshire. No company is building faster or further in Europe, that we're aware of.

"We won't be stopping, either. We plan to build even further across the county, to more towns, villages and our most rural communities.

"And our engineers are doing this at a rapid pace - despite this being a hugely complex engineering project."

Once the project is complete, by 2026, residents will be able to place an order to get connected to the new ultrafast internet.

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