Crap Towns / Heywood / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Heywood?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Heywood couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 20 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 20 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 102 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 13,845 | 94.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Milnrow | 8.1 km | 0.7 |
| Heywood | – | 0.7 |
| Prestwich | 7.2 km | 0.5 |
| Radcliffe | 6.9 km | 0.5 |
| Rochdale | 5.1 km | 0.3 |
| Middleton | 4.0 km | 0.3 |
| Whitefield | 5.9 km | 0.2 |
| Chadderton | 7.4 km | 0.2 |
| Bury | 4.6 km | 0.1 |
| Royton | 7.0 km | 0.1 |
| Whitworth | 8.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |