Crap Towns / Coleford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Coleford?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Coleford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 26 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,986 | 97.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cinderford | 8.7 km | 3.6 |
| Monmouth | 7.2 km | 1.4 |
| Coleford | – | 0.8 |
| Cam | 20.2 km | 0.8 |
| Lydney | 10.0 km | 0.8 |
| Thornbury | 21.7 km | 0.7 |
| Dursley | 22.6 km | 0.3 |
| Newent | 21.0 km | 0.3 |
| Ross-on-Wye | 13.7 km | 0.2 |
| Chepstow | 17.8 km | 0.2 |
| Stonehouse | 22.6 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |