Crap Towns / Cranfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cranfield?
In January 2026, 2.4% of premises in Cranfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 75 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 74.6% of premises, 20% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 75 | 2.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 82 | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,579 | 74.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cranfield | – | 2.4 |
| Wixams | 9.8 km | 1.7 |
| Flitwick | 10.8 km | 0.7 |
| Wootton | 6.3 km | 0.7 |
| Kempston | 9.5 km | 0.4 |
| Marston Moretaine | 4.5 km | 0.4 |
| Bletchley | 12.1 km | 0.3 |
| Milton Keynes | 10.9 km | 0.3 |
| Ampthill | 9.5 km | 0.1 |
| Olney | 11.5 km | 0.1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 7.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |