Crap Towns / Accrington / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Accrington?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Accrington couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 42 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 16,046 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Great Harwood | 5.1 km | 1.5 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 3.2 km | 1.2 |
| Rawtenstall | 7.6 km | 1.1 |
| Haslingden | 6.8 km | 0.9 |
| Rishton | 4.2 km | 0.7 |
| Blackburn | 8.1 km | 0.5 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 2.7 km | 0.3 |
| Accrington | – | 0.2 |
| Church | 2.0 km | 0.2 |
| Darwen | 9.1 km | 0.2 |
| Padiham | 6.5 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |