Crap Towns / Louth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Louth?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Louth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 23 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 82.0% of premises, 13% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 23 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 118 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,185 | 82.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Humberston and New Waltham | 18.2 km | 5.7 |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 20.1 km | 3.8 |
| Mablethorpe | 17.0 km | 3.4 |
| Immingham | 31.2 km | 3.0 |
| Louth | – | 1.2 |
| Grimsby | 22.8 km | 1.0 |
| Waltham | 17.7 km | 0.7 |
| Cleethorpes | 20.4 km | 0.7 |
| Coningsby and Tattershall | 32.2 km | 0.6 |
| Skegness | 32.8 km | 0.4 |
| Horncastle | 19.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |