Crap Towns / Lymm / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Lymm?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Lymm couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 23 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,170 | 96.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Hale | 11.9 km | 1.1 |
| Urmston | 11.2 km | 0.9 |
| Irlam | 8.6 km | 0.9 |
| Knutsford | 11.1 km | 0.7 |
| Altrincham | 9.1 km | 0.6 |
| Sale | 11.7 km | 0.5 |
| Lymm | – | 0.4 |
| Warrington | 6.9 km | 0.3 |
| Partington | 6.4 km | 0.2 |
| Culcheth | 9.1 km | 0.1 |
| Bowdon | 7.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |