Crap Towns / Leighton Buzzard / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Leighton Buzzard?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Leighton Buzzard couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 86.0% of premises, 8% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 232 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 17,831 | 86.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Tring | 13.6 km | 2.6 |
| Aston Clinton | 13.7 km | 1.7 |
| Houghton Regis | 9.7 km | 1.1 |
| Leighton Buzzard | – | 1.1 |
| Flitwick | 14.7 km | 0.7 |
| Aylesbury | 15.6 km | 0.4 |
| Bletchley | 9.5 km | 0.3 |
| Milton Keynes | 14.7 km | 0.3 |
| Dunstable | 9.8 km | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 16.2 km | 0.1 |
| Winslow | 15.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |