Crap Towns / Great Wakering / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Great Wakering?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Great Wakering couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could 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 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 15 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,696 | 87.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Minster | 14.8 km | 1.3 |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 8.9 km | 1.1 |
| Sheerness | 13.5 km | 1.0 |
| Great Wakering | – | 0.5 |
| Rayleigh | 14.7 km | 0.5 |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 15.8 km | 0.3 |
| Ashingdon | 9.9 km | 0.2 |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 11.5 km | 0.2 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 7.2 km | 0.2 |
| Rochford | 7.7 km | 0.1 |
| Hullbridge | 14.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |