Crap Towns / Great Harwood / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Great Harwood?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Great Harwood couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 22 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 22 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 89 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,749 | 95.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Great Harwood | – | 1.5 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 2.1 km | 1.2 |
| Rishton | 2.2 km | 0.7 |
| Blackburn | 6.8 km | 0.5 |
| Burnley | 11.4 km | 0.3 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 5.0 km | 0.3 |
| Accrington | 5.1 km | 0.2 |
| Church | 3.7 km | 0.2 |
| Darwen | 10.7 km | 0.2 |
| Clitheroe | 9.4 km | 0.2 |
| Padiham | 6.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |