Crap Towns / Fleetwood / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Fleetwood?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Fleetwood couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 75 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 12,862 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Garstang | 16.4 km | 1.3 |
| Fleetwood | – | 0.6 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 7.7 km | 0.4 |
| Thornton | 4.4 km | 0.4 |
| Morecambe | 20.9 km | 0.3 |
| Blackpool | 12.9 km | 0.2 |
| Lancaster | 21.7 km | 0.2 |
| Heysham | 18.5 km | 0.1 |
| Kirkham | 18.3 km | 0.1 |
| Cleveleys | 3.4 km | 0.1 |
| Lytham St Anne's | 18.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |