Crap Towns / Knowle and Dorridge / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Knowle and Dorridge?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Knowle and Dorridge couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 28 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,406 | 97.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 13.9 km | 1.8 |
| Studley | 15.8 km | 1.7 |
| Solihull | 5.5 km | 0.6 |
| Coventry | 16.3 km | 0.5 |
| Warwick | 15.7 km | 0.4 |
| Coleshill | 16.8 km | 0.4 |
| Kenilworth | 12.4 km | 0.4 |
| Knowle and Dorridge | – | 0.3 |
| Redditch | 15.6 km | 0.3 |
| Balsall Common | 6.5 km | 0.2 |
| Hollywood | 9.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |