Crap Towns / Enfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Enfield?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Enfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 540 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 540 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,328 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 125,463 | 91.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | 8.2 km | 1.2 |
| Barnet | 9.3 km | 1.1 |
| Waltham Cross | 5.9 km | 1.1 |
| Enfield | – | 1.0 |
| Haringey | 6.9 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | 11.1 km | 0.9 |
| Loughton | 11.1 km | 0.8 |
| Potters Bar | 8.5 km | 0.7 |
| Cheshunt | 6.9 km | 0.6 |
| Waltham Abbey | 7.6 km | 0.4 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 9.2 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |