Crap Towns / Aldridge / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Aldridge?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Aldridge couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 14 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 14 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 65 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,934 | 91.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brownhills | 4.5 km | 0.9 |
| Aldridge | – | 0.9 |
| Streetly | 3.8 km | 0.6 |
| Royal Sutton Coldfield | 7.7 km | 0.6 |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 2.1 km | 0.6 |
| Walsall | 4.5 km | 0.4 |
| Bloxwich | 5.0 km | 0.2 |
| Norton Canes | 7.8 km | 0.2 |
| Pelsall | 4.2 km | 0.1 |
| Willenhall | 8.1 km | 0.1 |
| Pheasey | 5.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |