Crap Towns / Burwell / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Burwell?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Burwell couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 12 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 12 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 23 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,468 | 89.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Histon and Impington | 15.1 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 15.4 km | 1.2 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 18.2 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | 14.0 km | 0.9 |
| Burwell | – | 0.8 |
| Mildenhall | 14.5 km | 0.6 |
| Newmarket | 6.4 km | 0.6 |
| Ely | 14.3 km | 0.3 |
| Soham | 6.3 km | 0.2 |
| Red Lodge | 11.6 km | 0.1 |
| Waterbeach | 9.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |