Crap Towns / Harlow / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Harlow?
In January 2026, 2.6% of premises in Harlow couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 5.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 442 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 442 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,101 | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 38,520 | 90.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sawbridgeworth | 5.2 km | 3.1 |
| Harlow | – | 2.6 |
| Hertford | 14.3 km | 1.8 |
| Waltham Cross | 13.3 km | 1.1 |
| Loughton | 13.3 km | 0.8 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 11.7 km | 0.7 |
| Cheshunt | 13.0 km | 0.6 |
| Epping | 8.2 km | 0.4 |
| Waltham Abbey | 11.8 km | 0.4 |
| Hoddesdon | 8.8 km | 0.3 |
| Ware | 11.4 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |