Crap Towns / Bury St Edmunds / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bury St Edmunds?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Bury St Edmunds couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.3% 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 | 39 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 21,867 | 97.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Needham Market | 25.3 km | 1.0 |
| Burwell | 26.5 km | 0.8 |
| Mildenhall | 18.0 km | 0.6 |
| Newmarket | 20.7 km | 0.6 |
| Sudbury | 23.1 km | 0.6 |
| Thetford | 18.7 km | 0.5 |
| Brandon | 23.2 km | 0.4 |
| Stowmarket | 20.6 km | 0.3 |
| Bury St Edmunds | – | 0.2 |
| Red Lodge | 16.3 km | 0.1 |
| Haverhill | 25.8 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |