Crap Towns / Gillingham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Gillingham?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Gillingham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 258 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 258 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 536 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 47,199 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | 11.2 km | 2.7 |
| Coxheath | 15.0 km | 1.8 |
| Rochester | 7.2 km | 1.5 |
| Larkfield | 11.9 km | 1.2 |
| Gillingham | – | 1.1 |
| Sheerness | 14.5 km | 1.0 |
| Sittingbourne | 11.0 km | 0.8 |
| Snodland | 10.5 km | 0.7 |
| Chatham | 3.4 km | 0.7 |
| Bearsted | 10.4 km | 0.4 |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 6.6 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |