Crap Towns / Formby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Formby?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Formby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 26 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,546 | 93.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 12.1 km | 1.1 |
| Southport | 9.8 km | 0.7 |
| Aintree | 11.7 km | 0.5 |
| Kirkby | 14.8 km | 0.3 |
| Crosby | 8.2 km | 0.3 |
| Maghull | 9.7 km | 0.3 |
| Formby | – | 0.2 |
| Ormskirk | 11.8 km | 0.2 |
| Lydiate | 8.8 km | 0.2 |
| Litherland | 10.3 km | 0.1 |
| Burscough | 14.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |