Crap Towns / Hadfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hadfield?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Hadfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 29 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 29 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 78 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,844 | 96.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Romiley | 7.7 km | 1.4 |
| Hattersley | 3.1 km | 1.1 |
| Hadfield | – | 1.0 |
| Mossley | 7.7 km | 0.8 |
| Marple | 8.8 km | 0.6 |
| Stalybridge | 4.9 km | 0.4 |
| Glossop | 3.2 km | 0.2 |
| Denton | 8.7 km | 0.2 |
| Hyde | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 8.2 km | 0.1 |
| Dukinfield | 6.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |