Crap Towns / Maidenhead / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Maidenhead?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Maidenhead couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 27 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.1% of premises, 5% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 27 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 174 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 26,994 | 89.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 8.4 km | 10.9 |
| Windsor | 7.7 km | 3.0 |
| Beaconsfield | 11.3 km | 1.6 |
| Bourne End | 6.9 km | 0.9 |
| Cookham | 4.5 km | 0.8 |
| Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green | 9.6 km | 0.7 |
| Twyford | 10.1 km | 0.6 |
| Maidenhead | – | 0.6 |
| Bracknell | 12.4 km | 0.3 |
| Slough | 9.5 km | 0.3 |
| Marlow | 6.9 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |