Crap Towns / Cheadle / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cheadle?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Cheadle couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 98 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,824 | 94.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | – | 1.4 |
| Wilmslow | 7.1 km | 1.2 |
| Hale | 7.2 km | 1.1 |
| Poynton | 7.5 km | 0.7 |
| Wythenshawe | 4.4 km | 0.6 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 2.3 km | 0.6 |
| Stockport | 4.0 km | 0.4 |
| Gatley | 1.8 km | 0.2 |
| Bramhall | 4.1 km | 0.1 |
| Reddish | 6.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Hazel Grove | 6.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |