Crap Towns / Cheddar / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cheddar?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Cheddar couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.4% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 32 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,786 | 85.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Long Ashton | 18.8 km | 3.7 |
| Clevedon | 17.9 km | 2.7 |
| Nailsea | 16.9 km | 2.3 |
| Wells | 11.6 km | 1.0 |
| Cheddar | – | 1.0 |
| Street | 17.4 km | 0.8 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 14.5 km | 0.7 |
| Highbridge | 14.9 km | 0.3 |
| Glastonbury | 15.2 km | 0.2 |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 15.4 km | 0.2 |
| Yatton | 12.9 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |