Crap Towns / Leigh / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Leigh?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Leigh couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 75 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 22,349 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Platt Bridge and Abram | 4.7 km | 1.2 |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 7.0 km | 0.5 |
| Golborne | 4.2 km | 0.4 |
| Leigh | – | 0.3 |
| Atherton | 4.2 km | 0.2 |
| Westhoughton | 5.0 km | 0.2 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 6.4 km | 0.1 |
| Culcheth | 5.1 km | 0.1 |
| Hindley | 4.6 km | 0.1 |
| Little Hulton | 8.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Tyldesley | 4.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |