Crap Towns / Kirkby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Kirkby?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Kirkby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 14 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 14 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 74 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 21,572 | 96.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 8.3 km | 2.5 |
| Bootle | 8.2 km | 1.1 |
| Rainford | 6.7 km | 0.9 |
| Prescot | 9.3 km | 0.5 |
| Aintree | 4.1 km | 0.5 |
| Huyton with Roby | 7.4 km | 0.4 |
| Kirkby | – | 0.3 |
| Maghull | 5.2 km | 0.3 |
| Ormskirk | 8.9 km | 0.2 |
| Lydiate | 6.4 km | 0.2 |
| Litherland | 7.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |