Crap Towns / Hawkinge / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hawkinge?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Hawkinge couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.4% of premises, about the same as 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 | 53 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,501 | 97.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 20.8 km | 12.8 |
| Whitfield | 10.4 km | 2.8 |
| Hythe | 7.8 km | 1.7 |
| Canterbury | 19.3 km | 1.6 |
| Hawkinge | – | 1.5 |
| Herne | 26.8 km | 1.2 |
| Ashford | 20.4 km | 0.9 |
| Dover | 10.0 km | 0.9 |
| Folkestone | 3.7 km | 0.6 |
| Deal | 19.5 km | 0.5 |
| Aylesham | 13.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |