Crap Towns / Canterbury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Canterbury?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Canterbury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 173 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 69.0% of premises, 26% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 173 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 411 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 18,054 | 69.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 20.2 km | 2.8 |
| Canterbury | – | 1.6 |
| Hawkinge | 19.3 km | 1.5 |
| Faversham | 14.0 km | 1.3 |
| Herne | 8.9 km | 1.2 |
| Ashford | 21.0 km | 0.9 |
| Whitstable | 8.7 km | 0.7 |
| Folkestone | 21.8 km | 0.6 |
| Deal | 22.6 km | 0.5 |
| Herne Bay | 10.9 km | 0.1 |
| Aylesham | 10.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |