Crap Towns / Hungerford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hungerford?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Hungerford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.8% of premises, 5% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,513 | 88.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wroughton | 22.7 km | 9.5 |
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 23.1 km | 3.1 |
| Grove | 22.4 km | 1.3 |
| Andover | 22.5 km | 1.2 |
| Newbury | 13.9 km | 1.2 |
| Tidworth | 22.4 km | 1.0 |
| Ludgershall | 18.9 km | 0.9 |
| Thatcham | 18.6 km | 0.6 |
| Hungerford | – | 0.4 |
| Wantage | 20.7 km | 0.3 |
| Marlborough | 14.8 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |