Crap Towns / Gravesend / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Gravesend?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Gravesend couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 87.3% of premises, 7% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 365 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 22,330 | 87.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 8.3 km | 9.4 |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 6.5 km | 3.1 |
| Tilbury | 4.0 km | 2.0 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 9.1 km | 1.7 |
| Rochester | 8.6 km | 1.5 |
| Gravesend | – | 1.4 |
| Northfleet | 3.2 km | 0.6 |
| Grays | 7.1 km | 0.4 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 6.0 km | 0.3 |
| East Tilbury | 6.4 km | 0.0 |
| Swanscombe | 6.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |