Virgin Media Internet and Services

Virgin Media

Virgin Media is a large provider in The United Kingdom. We have seen speeds as high as 2585.56 Mbps from Virgin Media's coverage area, and most of their users see real-world speeds in the range of 34.11 to 113.91 Mbps. Virgin Media is available in several large cities, including Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, and Manchester. In these cities, its fastest speeds range from 28.57 to 110.78 Mbps. Of the smaller cities Virgin Media serves, such as Ringway, Frankley, Hexton, Birkin, and Addington, maximum speeds vary from 2.39 to 103.04 Mbps, and most of their customers obtain speeds between 41.74 and 103.04 Mbps.

Virgin Media's Rankings Across The United Kingdom: Large Providers in 2019

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Fastest Speed

2nd

Best Speed Range

3rd

Most Tested

Virgin Media Speeds Over Time

Virgin Media's Fastest Towns and Cities in The United Kingdom

Position	City	Max Speed	Typical Speed Range	Median Speed
1	Bardney	383.47 Mbps	358.29—373.85 Mbps	365.88 Mbps
2	Steventon	381.49 Mbps	306.52—373.02 Mbps	317.4 Mbps
3	Sawbridgeworth	381.51 Mbps	214.48—216.73 Mbps	215.33 Mbps
4	St Stephen	523.87 Mbps	173.7—297.77 Mbps	197.63 Mbps
5	Wendover	300.37 Mbps	187.81—224.95 Mbps	197.39 Mbps

Virgin Media's Slowest Towns and Cities in The United Kingdom

Position	City	Max Speed	Typical Speed Range	Median Speed
1	Bourton	28.72 Mbps	0.98—5.19 Mbps	1.67 Mbps
2	Ingleby Greenhow	184.84 Mbps	1.88—51.34 Mbps	2.02 Mbps
3	Shinfield	81.39 Mbps	1.03—5.09 Mbps	2.26 Mbps
4	Crymych	55.74 Mbps	1.39—8.56 Mbps	2.44 Mbps
5	Healey	449.08 Mbps	1.71—9 Mbps	2.46 Mbps

Virgin Media Growth and Performance History: Towns and Cities

Virgin Media in Regions and Counties

Virgin Media Speed Test Results

We analysed users testing Virgin Media multiple times, each test starting no more than 30 minutes after the previous speed test. On average, Virgin Media customers ran 4 speed tests per session. Looking at download speeds, if the download speed of a Virgin Media user's final test is 10% faster than their starting download speed, we count that as a succesful and faster speed test result. We count an unsuccessful, slower result if the final result is 10% slower than the starting result; we'd consider this a customer Virgin Media should speak to as soon as possible. For speed tests that don't vary by that much, we consider the final result to be the same. For Virgin Media's customer base, of the speed tests we measured, 48.09% were fast, 26.99% slow, and 24.92% broadly the same.

Most Recent Tests

Town / City	Start Time	# Tests	Duration	Start Speed	End Speed	Status
Gedling, Nottinghamshire	09 Jul 2020 22:14:22	2	99 secs	208.96 Mbps	38.84 Mbps	Needs help
Harrow, London	09 Jul 2020 22:14:08	2	23 secs	39.41 Mbps	46.37 Mbps	Improved
Gedling, Nottinghamshire	09 Jul 2020 21:09:34	6	63 mins	13.98 Mbps	27.78 Mbps	Improved
Barnet, London	09 Jul 2020 21:15:42	7	57 mins	2.29 Mbps	106.77 Mbps	Improved
Collingtree, Northamptonshire	09 Jul 2020 21:45:00	2	25 mins	36.99 Mbps	50.42 Mbps	Improved
Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Angus	09 Jul 2020 22:08:45	3	84 secs	42.6 Mbps	42.4 Mbps
Bexley, London	09 Jul 2020 22:03:46	5	4 mins	30.88 Mbps	109.66 Mbps	Improved
Leeds, Leeds	09 Jul 2020 22:07:49	2	37 secs	103.23 Mbps	100.24 Mbps
Burnham, Buckinghamshire	09 Jul 2020 22:08:10	2	3 secs	181.3 Mbps	195.48 Mbps
Forest Gate, London	09 Jul 2020 22:06:44	2	12 secs	216.91 Mbps	218.92 Mbps
Sutton, London	09 Jul 2020 22:03:52	2	2 mins	208.57 Mbps	209.93 Mbps
Wellington, Telford and Wrekin	09 Jul 2020 22:05:25	3	36 secs	1.38 Mbps	12.05 Mbps	Improved
Barnet, London	09 Jul 2020 22:05:10	2	39 secs	64.63 Mbps	40.75 Mbps	Needs help
St Albans, Hertfordshire	09 Jul 2020 21:29:41	6	34 mins	46.76 Mbps	35.17 Mbps	Needs help
Richmond, London	09 Jul 2020 22:03:42	3	50 secs	78.33 Mbps	109.27 Mbps	Improved
Esher, Surrey	09 Jul 2020 21:55:14	5	8 mins	109.7 Mbps	66.44 Mbps	Needs help
Wigan, Wigan	09 Jul 2020 21:41:37	4	22 mins	46.4 Mbps	189.38 Mbps	Improved
Watford, Hertfordshire	09 Jul 2020 22:02:34	2	45 secs	11.18 Mbps	13.04 Mbps	Improved
Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea	09 Jul 2020 21:33:24	2	29 mins	77.94 Mbps	51.18 Mbps	Needs help
Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire	09 Jul 2020 21:50:39	2	11 mins	0.76 Mbps	16.21 Mbps	Improved

Virgin Media in Large Towns and Cities

Position	City	Max Speed	Typical Speed Range
1	Bradford	792.44 Mbps	33.64—110.01 Mbps
2	Liverpool	787.49 Mbps	31.66—107.69 Mbps
3	Edinburgh	531.83 Mbps	30.93—109.09 Mbps
4	Bristol	701.58 Mbps	26.94—107.37 Mbps
5	Barnet	914.23 Mbps	42.66—107.63 Mbps
6	Croydon	666.61 Mbps	34.33—124.04 Mbps
7	Coventry	909.06 Mbps	30.29—107.72 Mbps
8	Leicester	753.39 Mbps	26.98—107.98 Mbps
9	Forest Gate	536.02 Mbps	30.76—108.86 Mbps
10	Wakefield	597.15 Mbps	29.44—108.27 Mbps
11	Ealing	548.36 Mbps	69.44—216.12 Mbps
12	Cheshire West and Chester	446.8 Mbps	23.53—99.61 Mbps
13	Enfield Town	548.44 Mbps	32.27—111.09 Mbps
14	Bromley	547.75 Mbps	33.25—132.71 Mbps
15	Nottingham	834.74 Mbps	30.9—108.17 Mbps
16	Brent	548.81 Mbps	39.57—137.58 Mbps
17	Sandwell	849.18 Mbps	33.68—109.58 Mbps
18	Wandsworth	547.43 Mbps	33.09—111.37 Mbps
19	Wigan	536.31 Mbps	28.21—105.8 Mbps
20	Lambeth	542.83 Mbps	34.94—171.3 Mbps
21	Wirral	539.14 Mbps	32.62—120.82 Mbps
22	Dudley	897.51 Mbps	31.67—107.91 Mbps
23	Tower Hamlets	589.5 Mbps	31.86—109.98 Mbps
24	Southwark	873.05 Mbps	34.88—109.65 Mbps
25	Doncaster	670.93 Mbps	34.76—117.26 Mbps
26	Hillingdon	550.37 Mbps	39.43—133.99 Mbps
27	Redbridge	784.12 Mbps	33.13—110.86 Mbps
28	Lewisham	547.77 Mbps	35.93—151.76 Mbps
29	Newcastle upon Tyne	536.78 Mbps	27.73—107.33 Mbps
30	Stockport	932.13 Mbps	36.34—124.47 Mbps
31	Brighton	548.15 Mbps	32.22—110.54 Mbps
32	Greenwich	548.54 Mbps	37.37—113.17 Mbps
33	Bolton	823.79 Mbps	33.97—115.68 Mbps
34	Walsall	931.97 Mbps	32.45—110.18 Mbps
35	Hackney	547.58 Mbps	34.73—170.09 Mbps
36	Gillingham	547.98 Mbps	33.26—131.85 Mbps
37	Sunderland	620.78 Mbps	32.41—109.67 Mbps
38	Waltham Forest	784.76 Mbps	34.87—125.14 Mbps
39	Hounslow	550.24 Mbps	36.36—127.76 Mbps
40	Haringey	599.2 Mbps	41.7—187.33 Mbps
41	Rotherham	558.89 Mbps	35.34—112.3 Mbps
42	Plymouth	548.1 Mbps	33.1—109.81 Mbps
43	Camden	548.53 Mbps	48.91—188.62 Mbps
44	Wolverhampton	934.9 Mbps	31.93—108.66 Mbps
45	Romford	548.88 Mbps	37.06—168.45 Mbps
46	Derby	774.82 Mbps	29.73—107.68 Mbps
47	Stoke-on-Trent	544.95 Mbps	38.12—116.93 Mbps
48	London	770.65 Mbps	49.55—207.79 Mbps
49	Salford	551.05 Mbps	31.08—106.67 Mbps
50	Southampton	931.07 Mbps	30.58—108.98 Mbps
51	Harrow	549.8 Mbps	33.71—110.61 Mbps
52	Bexley	548.66 Mbps	40.4—140.65 Mbps
53	Barnsley	545.34 Mbps	39.01—152.3 Mbps
54	Islington	906.36 Mbps	39.34—144.95 Mbps
55	Trafford	919.28 Mbps	34.88—117.21 Mbps
56	Oldham	545.2 Mbps	34.25—108.73 Mbps
57	Northampton	2585.56 Mbps	31.59—110.08 Mbps
58	Rochdale	546.63 Mbps	36.55—109.51 Mbps
59	Portsmouth	887.8 Mbps	35.78—114.42 Mbps
60	Solihull	918.9 Mbps	26.51—104.55 Mbps
61	Luton	938.58 Mbps	13.73—261.56 Mbps
62	Dagenham	897.58 Mbps	32.34—110.26 Mbps
63	York	473.39 Mbps	29—108.59 Mbps
64	Warrington	706.63 Mbps	41.52—160.12 Mbps
65	Mitcham	550.26 Mbps	39.23—191.19 Mbps
66	Sutton	548.87 Mbps	36.3—110.56 Mbps
67	Gateshead	536.26 Mbps	24.25—95.51 Mbps
68	Peterborough	549.67 Mbps	35.06—110.22 Mbps
69	Stockton-on-Tees	519.11 Mbps	34.35—127.28 Mbps
70	Richmond	730.41 Mbps	49.89—191.74 Mbps
71	Aberdeen	421.03 Mbps	89.75—104.32 Mbps
72	Colchester	545.92 Mbps	40.41—181.08 Mbps
73	Bath	547.14 Mbps	43.53—109.89 Mbps
74	Bury	541.27 Mbps	32.51—91.85 Mbps
75	Basildon	789.45 Mbps	36.86—141.15 Mbps
76	Hammersmith	930.28 Mbps	74.36—216.54 Mbps
77	Southend-on-Sea	549.02 Mbps	38.89—158.4 Mbps
78	Chelmsford	544.99 Mbps	34.31—127.77 Mbps
79	Basingstoke	855.94 Mbps	37.79—163.44 Mbps
80	Kingston upon Thames	551.42 Mbps	35.88—151.49 Mbps
81	High Wycombe	799.61 Mbps	14.83—76.33 Mbps
82	Bedford	502.02 Mbps	47.45—202.23 Mbps
83	Maidstone	545.94 Mbps	38.29—180.34 Mbps
84	Bournemouth	546.88 Mbps	33.59—141.14 Mbps
85	Reading	937.07 Mbps	45.22—208.74 Mbps
86	Harrogate	545.99 Mbps	30.77—108.41 Mbps
87	Kensington	611.36 Mbps	76.26—214.11 Mbps
88	Oxford	789.92 Mbps	30.58—109.89 Mbps
89	Maidenhead	547.21 Mbps	50.96—301.42 Mbps
90	Poole	548.35 Mbps	33.46—124.19 Mbps
91	Slough	549.59 Mbps	42.74—116.11 Mbps
92	Huddersfield	591.76 Mbps	29.87—106.47 Mbps
93	Blackburn	379.07 Mbps	33.88—108.31 Mbps
94	Guildford	933.36 Mbps	37.63—109.57 Mbps
95	Reigate	542.92 Mbps	48.1—108.85 Mbps
96	Dundee	535.74 Mbps	31.15—106.48 Mbps
97	St Albans	545.47 Mbps	38.78—112.46 Mbps
98	Lancaster	531.38 Mbps	45—202.57 Mbps
99	Horsham	365.34 Mbps	19.27—75.81 Mbps
100	Preston	648.11 Mbps	28.31—103.94 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions about Virgin Media

The fastest speed we've seen for Virgin Media is 2585.56 Mbps, and most people see download speeds in the range of 34.11—113.91 Mbps.

We have recorded Virgin Media speed tests in over 100 towns and cities, including Bradford, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Barnet.

Virgin Media is ranked as the 3rd fastest provider in The United Kingdom.

In The United Kingdom, Virgin Media is the 3rd most popular broadband provider.