More than 1,500 residents in an Oxfordshire village will soon have access to full fibre broadband.

The broadband installation in Horspath began in September 2023 when Gigaclear extended its network from the nearby village of Forest Hill using fibre optic cables.

With the cable connection between the communities now in place, engineers are going street to street, either digging new trenches or using existing infrastructure such as poles and ducting in order to reach each property.

Senior project manager Oliver Ward said the cabinet in the village will be switched on later this month, giving the first 100 households access to the full fibre broadband.

Mr Ward said: "Gigaclear was working hard to ensure rural, often hard-to-reach communities such as Horspath and the neighbouring communities of Littleworth and Horton, were able to access the same fast and reliable full fibre broadband enjoyed by larger urban areas.

"Taking our full fibre to rural communities that would otherwise have copper or an inferior part fibre broadband connection fundamentally changes them for the better because it creates choice for the people in those communities about how they work and how they live their lives."

Abingdon-based Gigaclear has been designing, building, and operating new gigabit, full fibre networks since 2010.

Since then, it has firmly established itself as the largest rural, full fibre alternative network in the UK.