Crap Towns / Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 156 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 156 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 165 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,890 | 90.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 4.3 km | 9.4 |
| Tilbury | 5.8 km | 2.0 |
| South Ockendon | 3.5 km | 1.8 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | – | 1.7 |
| Dartford | 5.2 km | 0.8 |
| Aveley | 3.2 km | 0.8 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 2.2 km | 0.7 |
| Northfleet | 6.2 km | 0.6 |
| Grays | 3.4 km | 0.4 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 6.0 km | 0.3 |
| Swanscombe | 4.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |