Crap Towns / Cirencester / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cirencester?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Cirencester couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 80.8% of premises, 14% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 145 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,917 | 80.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Broad Blunsdon | 16.6 km | 5.8 |
| Brockworth | 20.2 km | 3.1 |
| Highworth | 19.8 km | 2.6 |
| Stroud | 18.2 km | 2.5 |
| Cirencester | – | 1.5 |
| Chalford | 13.1 km | 1.4 |
| Malmesbury | 16.6 km | 1.2 |
| Tetbury | 15.3 km | 0.6 |
| Nailsworth | 17.8 km | 0.5 |
| Swindon | 19.7 km | 0.4 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 19.4 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |