Crap Towns / Hounslow / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hounslow?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Hounslow couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 500 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 500 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,739 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 98,190 | 91.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford | 8.0 km | 3.3 |
| Ashford Common | 7.4 km | 2.0 |
| Stanwell | 7.6 km | 1.8 |
| Hillingdon | 9.8 km | 1.7 |
| Hounslow | – | 1.6 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 9.6 km | 1.4 |
| Shepperton | 10.1 km | 1.3 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 4.7 km | 1.0 |
| Ealing | 6.5 km | 0.7 |
| West Molesey | 10.0 km | 0.1 |
| Sunbury-on-Thames | 7.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |