Crap Towns / Letchworth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Letchworth?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Letchworth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 8 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 8 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 146 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,817 | 92.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Biggleswade | 11.8 km | 1.0 |
| Letchworth | – | 0.9 |
| Stotfold | 4.0 km | 0.9 |
| Royston | 16.0 km | 0.7 |
| Arlesey | 4.9 km | 0.7 |
| Stevenage | 8.1 km | 0.6 |
| Potton | 16.6 km | 0.5 |
| Buntingford | 14.2 km | 0.4 |
| Hitchin | 4.4 km | 0.3 |
| Baldock | 2.7 km | 0.2 |
| Shefford | 9.8 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |