Crap Towns / Blackburn / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Blackburn?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Blackburn couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 287 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 52,042 | 96.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Great Harwood | 6.8 km | 1.5 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 7.5 km | 1.2 |
| Longridge | 12.3 km | 0.9 |
| Haslingden | 12.0 km | 0.9 |
| Rishton | 5.0 km | 0.7 |
| Blackburn | – | 0.5 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 5.6 km | 0.3 |
| Accrington | 8.1 km | 0.2 |
| Bamber Bridge | 12.4 km | 0.2 |
| Church | 6.3 km | 0.2 |
| Darwen | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |