Crap Towns / Bolton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bolton?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Bolton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 21 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 21 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 358 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 78,302 | 94.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ramsbottom | 8.7 km | 0.8 |
| Farnworth | 4.9 km | 0.7 |
| Radcliffe | 7.9 km | 0.5 |
| Kearsley | 6.5 km | 0.4 |
| Bolton | – | 0.4 |
| Walkden | 8.1 km | 0.4 |
| Horwich | 7.3 km | 0.3 |
| Atherton | 7.7 km | 0.2 |
| Westhoughton | 7.5 km | 0.2 |
| Little Lever | 5.1 km | 0.1 |
| Little Hulton | 6.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |