Crap Towns / Carnforth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Carnforth?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Carnforth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.0% 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 | 24 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,919 | 95.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Garstang | 24.8 km | 1.3 |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 5.0 km | 1.3 |
| Carnforth | – | 0.8 |
| Ulverston | 22.1 km | 0.7 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 29.9 km | 0.6 |
| Fleetwood | 29.5 km | 0.6 |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 27.1 km | 0.5 |
| Kendal | 22.2 km | 0.4 |
| Morecambe | 8.6 km | 0.3 |
| Lancaster | 8.7 km | 0.2 |
| Heysham | 11.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |