Crap Towns / Lydney / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lydney?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Lydney couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 79.2% of premises, 16% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 44 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,301 | 79.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cinderford | 11.5 km | 3.6 |
| Stroud | 20.9 km | 2.5 |
| Monmouth | 16.5 km | 1.4 |
| Coleford | 10.0 km | 0.8 |
| Cam | 11.4 km | 0.8 |
| Lydney | – | 0.8 |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 20.1 km | 0.8 |
| Thornbury | 12.7 km | 0.7 |
| Dursley | 13.4 km | 0.3 |
| Chepstow | 14.2 km | 0.2 |
| Stonehouse | 16.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |