Crap Towns / Flint / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Flint?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Flint couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 33 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 33 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 40 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,789 | 94.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bagillt | 6.7 km | 2.0 |
| Hawarden | 9.6 km | 1.8 |
| Mold | 8.9 km | 1.3 |
| Heswall | 10.3 km | 0.8 |
| Broughton | 13.1 km | 0.8 |
| Flint | – | 0.6 |
| Connah's Quay | 5.6 km | 0.4 |
| Neston | 7.6 km | 0.3 |
| Holywell | 6.4 km | 0.3 |
| Buckley | 9.2 km | 0.2 |
| Shotton | 7.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |