Crap Towns / Loughton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Loughton?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Loughton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 127 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,391 | 93.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Chigwell | 4.0 km | 1.3 |
| Waltham Forest | 8.8 km | 1.2 |
| Waltham Cross | 8.1 km | 1.1 |
| Enfield | 11.1 km | 1.0 |
| Redbridge | 7.3 km | 0.9 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 12.7 km | 0.9 |
| Loughton | – | 0.8 |
| Cheshunt | 10.2 km | 0.6 |
| Epping | 5.3 km | 0.4 |
| Waltham Abbey | 6.1 km | 0.4 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 3.5 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |