Crap Towns / Lancing and Sompting / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lancing and Sompting?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Lancing and Sompting couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 114 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 12,925 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Storrington | 11.9 km | 3.4 |
| Steyning | 6.1 km | 3.0 |
| Henfield | 11.6 km | 2.7 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 4.0 km | 1.1 |
| Brighton and Hove | 15.5 km | 1.0 |
| Lancing and Sompting | – | 0.8 |
| Rustington | 10.8 km | 0.6 |
| Wick | 15.4 km | 0.5 |
| Southwick | 6.5 km | 0.4 |
| Littlehampton | 14.7 km | 0.3 |
| Worthing | 5.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |