Crap Towns / Bury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bury?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Bury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 57 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 37,292 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ramsbottom | 4.9 km | 0.8 |
| Clifton | 8.7 km | 0.7 |
| Heywood | 4.6 km | 0.7 |
| Prestwich | 7.4 km | 0.5 |
| Radcliffe | 3.9 km | 0.5 |
| Kearsley | 8.0 km | 0.4 |
| Rochdale | 8.9 km | 0.3 |
| Middleton | 7.8 km | 0.3 |
| Whitefield | 5.1 km | 0.2 |
| Bury | – | 0.1 |
| Little Lever | 6.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |