Crap Towns / Chigwell / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Chigwell?
In January 2026, 1.3% of premises in Chigwell couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 39 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 39 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 61 | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,266 | 90.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Chigwell | – | 1.3 |
| Waltham Forest | 6.7 km | 1.2 |
| Havering | 11.5 km | 1.1 |
| Waltham Cross | 10.9 km | 1.1 |
| Redbridge | 3.3 km | 0.9 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 8.8 km | 0.9 |
| Loughton | 4.0 km | 0.8 |
| Newham | 10.2 km | 0.7 |
| Epping | 9.0 km | 0.4 |
| Waltham Abbey | 9.4 km | 0.4 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 2.9 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |