Crap Towns / Hillingdon / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hillingdon?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Hillingdon couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 616 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 616 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 2,071 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 116,069 | 92.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Iver Heath | 5.6 km | 4.1 |
| Stanwell | 10.1 km | 1.8 |
| Moor Park | 9.5 km | 1.8 |
| Hillingdon | – | 1.7 |
| Hounslow | 9.8 km | 1.6 |
| Gerrards Cross | 8.9 km | 1.6 |
| Harrow | 9.6 km | 0.9 |
| Chalfont St Peter | 10.5 km | 0.8 |
| Ealing | 8.2 km | 0.7 |
| Rickmansworth | 11.0 km | 0.4 |
| Slough | 10.4 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |