Crap Towns / Lambeth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lambeth?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Lambeth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.3% 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 | 1,268 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 145,365 | 92.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 7.0 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 9.0 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 3.8 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 7.2 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | 10.5 km | 1.7 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 8.5 km | 1.6 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 7.4 km | 1.1 |
| Lewisham | 6.8 km | 1.0 |
| Wandsworth | 4.7 km | 0.8 |
| Lambeth | – | 0.8 |
| Merton | 7.3 km | 0.4 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |