Crap Towns / Hawarden / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hawarden?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in Hawarden couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 76 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 76 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 130 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,587 | 91.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Hawarden | – | 1.8 |
| Mold | 8.9 km | 1.3 |
| Chester | 8.3 km | 1.1 |
| Broughton | 3.6 km | 0.8 |
| Flint | 9.6 km | 0.6 |
| Brynteg | 13.8 km | 0.6 |
| Connah's Quay | 4.1 km | 0.4 |
| Ellesmere Port | 11.3 km | 0.4 |
| Neston | 11.4 km | 0.3 |
| Buckley | 5.0 km | 0.2 |
| Shotton | 1.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |