Crap Towns / Lydiate / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lydiate?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Lydiate couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.4% of premises, about the same as 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 | 5 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,039 | 97.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 8.5 km | 1.1 |
| Rainford | 10.5 km | 0.9 |
| Aintree | 4.9 km | 0.5 |
| Kirkby | 6.4 km | 0.3 |
| Crosby | 6.8 km | 0.3 |
| Maghull | 1.6 km | 0.3 |
| Formby | 8.8 km | 0.2 |
| Ormskirk | 5.5 km | 0.2 |
| Lydiate | – | 0.2 |
| Litherland | 6.7 km | 0.1 |
| Burscough | 10.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |