Crap Towns / Cheltenham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cheltenham?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Cheltenham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 77 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 77 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 164 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 55,410 | 93.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Churchdown | 7.7 km | 5.5 |
| Brockworth | 7.7 km | 3.1 |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 5.7 km | 2.9 |
| Stroud | 19.7 km | 2.5 |
| Cirencester | 22.1 km | 1.5 |
| Chalford | 19.5 km | 1.4 |
| Tewkesbury | 11.3 km | 1.1 |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 16.1 km | 0.8 |
| Gloucester | 10.8 km | 0.6 |
| Cheltenham | – | 0.3 |
| Stonehouse | 21.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |