Crap Towns / Kensington and Chelsea / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Kensington and Chelsea?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Kensington and Chelsea couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 192 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 192 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,078 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 91,441 | 93.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 7.1 km | 11.5 |
| Southwark | 8.7 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 2.6 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | 7.7 km | 1.7 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 2.1 km | 1.6 |
| Brent | 8.3 km | 1.5 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | – | 1.1 |
| Camden | 5.6 km | 1.0 |
| Wandsworth | 5.5 km | 0.8 |
| Lambeth | 7.4 km | 0.8 |
| Ealing | 9.9 km | 0.7 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |