Grain Building UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 12:18 pm
Carlisle-based alternative broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 270,000 UK premises (aiming for 600,000 in the future) and in 2025 secured a £225m funding boost (here), has now been spotted deploying their network in the Lincolnshire (England) town of Scunthorpe.
At present homes and businesses in Scunthorpe, which is home to a population of around 81,000, already have wide access to three gigabit-capable broadband networks via Openreach, Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre) and MS3. In addition, there’s also a small bit of more business-focused full fibre coverage from ITS Technology. Suffice to say, it seems like a risky bet for an altnet like Grain.
NOTE: Grain has so far secured funding deals worth somewhere around £500m via Equitix, Albion Capital, Pinnacle Group, German Landesbank Nord L/B, HPS Investment Partners, LLC etc.
Despite this, one of our readers (credits to mrpops2ko), who lives in the town, was recently notified by the provider that Grain are “currently … expecting to get you connected between September – December this year” and indeed it does now seem possible to place a pre-order in parts of the town.
Grain has not yet made an official announcement about this deployment, although a quick check of local street works does confirm that the operator are preparing to build in the north of the town, initially around the Crosby area. No doubt Grain will shortly be making an official announcement about this.
The provider is currently offering pre-orders with prices from £19.99 per month for 15 months (first 3 months free) for speeds of 250Mbps on an 18-month term, which rises to £29.99 for 2000Mbps on the same offer. The packages all come with a header that clearly states “Earliest install September 2026“.
Source: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2 ... shire.html