Crap Towns / Gloucester / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Gloucester?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Gloucester couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 52 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 52 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 322 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 52,916 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Churchdown | 4.3 km | 5.5 |
| Brockworth | 4.4 km | 3.1 |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 15.0 km | 2.9 |
| Stroud | 12.4 km | 2.5 |
| Chalford | 15.1 km | 1.4 |
| Tewkesbury | 16.0 km | 1.1 |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 5.5 km | 0.8 |
| Gloucester | – | 0.6 |
| Newent | 15.1 km | 0.3 |
| Cheltenham | 10.8 km | 0.3 |
| Stonehouse | 12.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |