Crap Towns / Burscough / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Burscough?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Burscough couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as 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 | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,526 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 10.4 km | 2.5 |
| Rainford | 11.6 km | 0.9 |
| Southport | 10.0 km | 0.7 |
| Orrell | 11.7 km | 0.6 |
| Appley Bridge | 9.3 km | 0.4 |
| Shevington | 11.1 km | 0.3 |
| Maghull | 11.5 km | 0.3 |
| Skelmersdale | 7.1 km | 0.2 |
| Ormskirk | 4.8 km | 0.2 |
| Lydiate | 10.2 km | 0.2 |
| Burscough | – | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |