Crap Towns / Barrow-in-Furness / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Barrow-in-Furness?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Barrow-in-Furness couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 54 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 54 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 192 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 27,634 | 92.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bolton-le-Sands | 27.5 km | 1.3 |
| Carnforth | 29.9 km | 0.8 |
| Ulverston | 12.2 km | 0.7 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | – | 0.6 |
| Fleetwood | 26.1 km | 0.6 |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 5.2 km | 0.5 |
| Millom | 10.8 km | 0.4 |
| Morecambe | 25.3 km | 0.3 |
| Lancaster | 28.9 km | 0.2 |
| Heysham | 23.5 km | 0.1 |
| Cleveleys | 28.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |