Crap Towns / Barton on Sea / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Barton on Sea?
In January 2026, 2.6% of premises in Barton on Sea couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 5.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 74.5% of premises, 21% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 109 | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,108 | 74.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Heath | 15.8 km | 6.8 |
| Barton on Sea | – | 2.6 |
| Freshwater and Totland | 11.4 km | 2.0 |
| Ferndown | 18.4 km | 1.9 |
| Ringwood | 14.9 km | 1.1 |
| Bournemouth | 15.4 km | 0.7 |
| Lymington | 7.5 km | 0.6 |
| West Moors | 18.4 km | 0.5 |
| Christchurch | 6.2 km | 0.4 |
| New Milton | 1.6 km | 0.4 |
| Ashley | 2.6 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |