Crap Towns / Flitwick / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Flitwick?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Flitwick couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.7% of premises, 5% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 44 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,539 | 88.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cranfield | 10.8 km | 2.4 |
| Wixams | 9.3 km | 1.7 |
| Houghton Regis | 11.0 km | 1.1 |
| Flitwick | – | 0.7 |
| Wootton | 10.0 km | 0.7 |
| Kempston | 12.2 km | 0.4 |
| Marston Moretaine | 7.7 km | 0.4 |
| Shefford | 11.9 km | 0.2 |
| Dunstable | 13.5 km | 0.2 |
| Luton | 13.3 km | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 2.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |