Crap Towns / Ashford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ashford?
In January 2026, 3.3% of premises in Ashford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 6.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 36 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 36 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 323 | 3.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,269 | 94.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | 7.1 km | 5.0 |
| Ashford | – | 3.3 |
| Ashford Common | 2.3 km | 2.0 |
| Stanwell | 2.0 km | 1.8 |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 2.8 km | 1.5 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 6.9 km | 1.4 |
| Shepperton | 5.1 km | 1.3 |
| Chertsey | 6.3 km | 0.8 |
| Weybridge | 6.8 km | 0.2 |
| Egham | 6.7 km | 0.2 |
| Sunbury-on-Thames | 4.8 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |