Crap Towns / Aveley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Aveley?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Aveley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 11 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 11 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 29 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,632 | 98.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 6.5 km | 9.4 |
| South Ockendon | 3.2 km | 1.8 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 3.2 km | 1.7 |
| Havering | 7.1 km | 1.1 |
| Dartford | 6.3 km | 0.8 |
| Aveley | – | 0.8 |
| Bexley | 8.8 km | 0.7 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 3.1 km | 0.7 |
| Grays | 6.0 km | 0.4 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 8.6 km | 0.3 |
| Swanscombe | 7.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |