Crap Towns / Kearsley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Kearsley?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Kearsley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 12 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 12 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 23 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,073 | 96.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Eccles | 6.4 km | 0.7 |
| Clifton | 4.4 km | 0.7 |
| Farnworth | 2.0 km | 0.7 |
| Radcliffe | 4.3 km | 0.5 |
| Kearsley | – | 0.4 |
| Walkden | 2.7 km | 0.4 |
| Whitefield | 5.8 km | 0.2 |
| Worsley | 4.3 km | 0.2 |
| Little Lever | 2.4 km | 0.1 |
| Little Hulton | 3.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Swinton | 4.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |