Crap Towns / Church / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Church?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Church couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 99.2% of premises, 6% higher than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,492 | 99.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Great Harwood | 3.7 km | 1.5 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 2.4 km | 1.2 |
| Rawtenstall | 9.5 km | 1.1 |
| Haslingden | 8.1 km | 0.9 |
| Rishton | 2.3 km | 0.7 |
| Blackburn | 6.3 km | 0.5 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 1.6 km | 0.3 |
| Accrington | 2.0 km | 0.2 |
| Church | – | 0.2 |
| Darwen | 8.2 km | 0.2 |
| Padiham | 7.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |