Crap Towns / Brentwood / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Brentwood?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Brentwood couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.2% of premises, 6% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 392 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 23,613 | 88.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Galleywood | 14.6 km | 6.3 |
| Ingatestone | 7.4 km | 3.9 |
| South Ockendon | 12.5 km | 1.8 |
| Brentwood | – | 1.5 |
| Havering | 8.8 km | 1.1 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 14.6 km | 0.9 |
| Aveley | 14.1 km | 0.8 |
| Basildon | 11.3 km | 0.7 |
| Epping | 15.3 km | 0.4 |
| Billericay | 8.6 km | 0.4 |
| Wickford | 15.1 km | 0.4 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |