Crap Towns / Haydock / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Haydock?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Haydock couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 28 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,593 | 97.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Platt Bridge and Abram | 7.3 km | 1.2 |
| Rainford | 8.6 km | 0.9 |
| Orrell | 7.7 km | 0.6 |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 3.3 km | 0.5 |
| Wigan | 8.6 km | 0.5 |
| St Helens | 5.0 km | 0.5 |
| Golborne | 6.2 km | 0.4 |
| Haydock | – | 0.4 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 3.3 km | 0.1 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 8.5 km | 0.1 |
| Hindley | 9.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |