Crap Towns / Chippenham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Chippenham?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Chippenham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 30 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.1% of premises, 6% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 30 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 167 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 15,725 | 88.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | 18.9 km | 3.6 |
| Malmesbury | 14.3 km | 1.2 |
| Chippenham | – | 0.9 |
| Melksham | 9.2 km | 0.9 |
| Devizes | 15.4 km | 0.6 |
| Trowbridge | 15.7 km | 0.6 |
| Tetbury | 20.4 km | 0.6 |
| Calne | 9.4 km | 0.6 |
| Corsham | 5.6 km | 0.6 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 15.3 km | 0.3 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 18.3 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |