Crap Towns / East Grinstead / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in East Grinstead?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in East Grinstead couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 32 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 12,330 | 96.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Crawley Down | 4.6 km | 1.9 |
| Crawley | 11.8 km | 1.1 |
| Oxted | 13.3 km | 1.1 |
| South Merstham | 17.4 km | 0.9 |
| Redhill | 16.0 km | 0.6 |
| Edenbridge | 9.7 km | 0.6 |
| Crowborough | 14.9 km | 0.5 |
| Horley | 11.6 km | 0.5 |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 16.1 km | 0.3 |
| Haywards Heath | 15.2 km | 0.3 |
| East Grinstead | – | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |