Crap Towns / Chesham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Chesham?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Chesham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 87.1% of premises, 7% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 73 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,437 | 87.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Tring | 9.8 km | 2.6 |
| Bovingdon | 5.3 km | 2.3 |
| Berkhamsted | 5.8 km | 1.6 |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 8.7 km | 1.4 |
| Little Chalfont | 6.7 km | 1.2 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 10.9 km | 1.0 |
| Wendover | 10.5 km | 0.8 |
| Amersham | 4.3 km | 0.7 |
| Chesham | – | 0.7 |
| Hazlemere | 9.5 km | 0.4 |
| Chorleywood | 10.1 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |