Crap Towns / Bedford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bedford?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Bedford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 110 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 110 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 644 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 40,858 | 91.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cranfield | 13.0 km | 2.4 |
| Wixams | 5.8 km | 1.7 |
| Bedford | – | 1.4 |
| Sandy | 11.4 km | 1.3 |
| Biggleswade | 15.4 km | 1.0 |
| Flitwick | 15.2 km | 0.7 |
| Wootton | 7.0 km | 0.7 |
| Kempston | 3.6 km | 0.4 |
| Marston Moretaine | 10.1 km | 0.4 |
| Shefford | 14.4 km | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 13.0 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |