Crap Towns / Irlam / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Irlam?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Irlam couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 45 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 45 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 83 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,208 | 98.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Old Trafford | 7.4 km | 2.4 |
| Urmston | 3.4 km | 0.9 |
| Irlam | – | 0.9 |
| Eccles | 5.7 km | 0.7 |
| Altrincham | 7.4 km | 0.6 |
| Sale | 6.9 km | 0.5 |
| Stretford | 7.2 km | 0.2 |
| Worsley | 6.9 km | 0.2 |
| Partington | 2.7 km | 0.2 |
| Culcheth | 7.1 km | 0.1 |
| Tyldesley | 7.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |