Crap Towns / Macclesfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Macclesfield?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Macclesfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 280 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 26,542 | 93.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bollington | 3.8 km | 1.4 |
| Cheadle | 15.1 km | 1.4 |
| Wilmslow | 9.7 km | 1.2 |
| Macclesfield | – | 1.0 |
| Congleton | 11.8 km | 0.7 |
| New Mills | 14.7 km | 0.7 |
| Poynton | 9.7 km | 0.7 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 12.8 km | 0.6 |
| Buxton | 14.7 km | 0.4 |
| Bramhall | 11.7 km | 0.1 |
| Hazel Grove | 12.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |