Crap Towns / Cinderford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cinderford?
In January 2026, 3.6% of premises in Cinderford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 7.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 20 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 78.2% of premises, 17% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 20 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 170 | 3.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,642 | 78.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cinderford | – | 3.6 |
| Monmouth | 15.0 km | 1.4 |
| Coleford | 8.7 km | 0.8 |
| Cam | 16.7 km | 0.8 |
| Lydney | 11.5 km | 0.8 |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 15.1 km | 0.8 |
| Gloucester | 19.3 km | 0.6 |
| Dursley | 19.5 km | 0.3 |
| Newent | 13.4 km | 0.3 |
| Ross-on-Wye | 11.4 km | 0.2 |
| Stonehouse | 16.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |