Crap Towns / Blackrod / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Blackrod?
In January 2026, 2.3% of premises in Blackrod couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 49 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 | 49 | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 58 | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,463 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blackrod | – | 2.3 |
| Coppull | 6.2 km | 2.0 |
| Standish | 4.7 km | 0.8 |
| Adlington | 3.3 km | 0.6 |
| Wigan | 6.5 km | 0.5 |
| Horwich | 2.7 km | 0.3 |
| Shevington | 7.5 km | 0.3 |
| Westhoughton | 6.5 km | 0.2 |
| Chorley | 7.7 km | 0.2 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 6.1 km | 0.1 |
| Hindley | 6.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |