Crap Towns / Ashford Common / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ashford Common?
In January 2026, 2.0% of premises in Ashford Common couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 66 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 66 | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 75 | 2.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,398 | 91.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | 6.3 km | 5.0 |
| Ashford | 2.3 km | 3.3 |
| Ashford Common | – | 2.0 |
| Stanwell | 4.1 km | 1.8 |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 4.3 km | 1.5 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 4.7 km | 1.4 |
| Shepperton | 3.3 km | 1.3 |
| Chertsey | 6.4 km | 0.8 |
| Weybridge | 5.2 km | 0.2 |
| Sunbury-on-Thames | 2.5 km | 0.1 |
| Hersham | 6.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |