Crap Towns / East Leake / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in East Leake?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in East Leake couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 47 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,980 | 95.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| East Leake | – | 1.1 |
| Castle Donington | 11.2 km | 0.8 |
| Beeston | 11.0 km | 0.6 |
| Ruddington | 7.3 km | 0.5 |
| Barrow upon Soar | 9.1 km | 0.4 |
| Shepshed | 10.6 km | 0.4 |
| Loughborough | 7.6 km | 0.3 |
| Keyworth | 8.2 km | 0.2 |
| Long Eaton | 10.0 km | 0.1 |
| Quorndon | 9.6 km | 0.1 |
| Clifton | 8.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |