Crap Towns / Connah's Quay / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Connah's Quay?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Connah's Quay couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 25 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 25 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 34 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,118 | 93.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Hawarden | 4.1 km | 1.8 |
| Mold | 8.2 km | 1.3 |
| Chester | 11.8 km | 1.1 |
| Broughton | 7.7 km | 0.8 |
| Flint | 5.6 km | 0.6 |
| Connah's Quay | – | 0.4 |
| Ellesmere Port | 11.7 km | 0.4 |
| Neston | 8.3 km | 0.3 |
| Holywell | 12.0 km | 0.3 |
| Buckley | 5.9 km | 0.2 |
| Shotton | 2.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |