Crap Towns / Atherton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Atherton?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Atherton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 26 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 12,716 | 95.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Platt Bridge and Abram | 7.4 km | 1.2 |
| Farnworth | 6.0 km | 0.7 |
| Kearsley | 7.6 km | 0.4 |
| Walkden | 6.2 km | 0.4 |
| Leigh | 4.2 km | 0.3 |
| Worsley | 7.3 km | 0.2 |
| Atherton | – | 0.2 |
| Westhoughton | 3.0 km | 0.2 |
| Hindley | 5.8 km | 0.1 |
| Little Hulton | 4.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Tyldesley | 2.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |