Crap Towns / Lewisham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lewisham?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Lewisham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 145 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 145 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,496 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 128,757 | 90.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 8.9 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 7.6 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 4.7 km | 2.8 |
| Croydon | 11.3 km | 2.4 |
| Bromley | 9.8 km | 1.2 |
| Lewisham | – | 1.0 |
| Wandsworth | 11.5 km | 0.8 |
| Lambeth | 6.8 km | 0.8 |
| Bexley | 11.4 km | 0.7 |
| Newham | 9.6 km | 0.7 |
| Greenwich | 6.0 km | 0.5 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |