Crap Towns / Cheadle / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cheadle?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Cheadle couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 30 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.0% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 30 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 90 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,044 | 85.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Werrington | 8.2 km | 2.0 |
| Cheadle | – | 1.5 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 10.6 km | 1.5 |
| Uttoxeter | 12.5 km | 0.7 |
| Biddulph | 18.5 km | 0.7 |
| Leek | 13.5 km | 0.7 |
| Stone | 14.1 km | 0.7 |
| Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook | 5.4 km | 0.6 |
| Ashbourne | 18.0 km | 0.5 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 17.4 km | 0.4 |
| Kidsgrove | 20.3 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |