Crap Towns / Birkenhead / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Birkenhead?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Birkenhead couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 78 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 55,412 | 96.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 9.6 km | 2.5 |
| Bootle | 9.0 km | 1.1 |
| Heswall | 6.2 km | 0.8 |
| West Kirby | 7.5 km | 0.4 |
| Neston | 9.8 km | 0.3 |
| Bebington | 6.2 km | 0.2 |
| Wallasey | 3.6 km | 0.2 |
| Meols | 6.7 km | 0.1 |
| Birkenhead | – | 0.1 |
| Greasby | 4.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| Hoylake | 8.5 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |