Crap Towns / Lightwater / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lightwater?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Lightwater couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 75.0% of premises, 20% lower than 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 | 26 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,218 | 75.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sandhurst | 7.5 km | 3.0 |
| Woking | 7.5 km | 1.7 |
| West End and Chobham | 4.1 km | 1.6 |
| Crowthorne | 8.7 km | 1.6 |
| Lightwater | – | 0.9 |
| Ascot | 6.0 km | 0.6 |
| Bracknell | 8.7 km | 0.3 |
| Camberley | 4.1 km | 0.2 |
| Blackwater | 8.4 km | 0.1 |
| Frimley | 5.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| Bagshot | 1.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |