Crap Towns / Balderton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Balderton?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Balderton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 61 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,476 | 97.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Waddington | 21.1 km | 2.9 |
| Calverton | 20.6 km | 2.7 |
| Southwell | 12.1 km | 1.4 |
| Balderton | – | 0.9 |
| Bingham | 16.4 km | 0.8 |
| Grantham | 18.7 km | 0.6 |
| New Ollerton and Ollerton | 22.3 km | 0.4 |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 20.6 km | 0.4 |
| Newark-on-Trent | 2.7 km | 0.2 |
| North Hykeham | 19.4 km | 0.1 |
| Carlton | 22.0 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |