Crap Towns / Ashford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ashford?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Ashford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 143 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 143 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 341 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 34,022 | 93.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 19.5 km | 12.8 |
| Tenterden | 14.8 km | 4.3 |
| Staplehurst | 22.9 km | 2.8 |
| Hythe | 16.0 km | 1.7 |
| Canterbury | 21.0 km | 1.6 |
| Hawkinge | 20.4 km | 1.5 |
| Faversham | 19.1 km | 1.3 |
| Ashford | – | 0.9 |
| Sittingbourne | 24.7 km | 0.8 |
| Folkestone | 19.1 km | 0.6 |
| Aylesham | 24.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |