Crap Towns / Greenwich / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Greenwich?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Greenwich couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 180 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 180 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 658 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 116,500 | 89.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 11.2 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 7.8 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 9.0 km | 2.8 |
| Bromley | 11.4 km | 1.2 |
| Lewisham | 6.0 km | 1.0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 9.4 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | 12.0 km | 0.9 |
| Bexley | 6.2 km | 0.7 |
| Newham | 6.0 km | 0.7 |
| Greenwich | – | 0.5 |
| Swanley | 11.6 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |