Crap Towns / Biddulph / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Biddulph?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Biddulph couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 8 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 8 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 60 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,021 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Werrington | 10.9 km | 2.0 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 13.7 km | 1.5 |
| Alsager | 8.7 km | 1.0 |
| Biddulph | – | 0.7 |
| Congleton | 6.7 km | 0.7 |
| Leek | 9.2 km | 0.7 |
| Sandbach | 13.5 km | 0.6 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 11.1 km | 0.4 |
| Haslington | 15.1 km | 0.4 |
| Kidsgrove | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| Elworth | 15.4 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |