Crap Towns / Manchester / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Manchester?
In January 2026, 1.9% of premises in Manchester couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 847 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.7% of premises, 5% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 847 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 4,337 | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 200,341 | 88.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Salford | 5.3 km | 4.5 |
| Old Trafford | 6.8 km | 2.4 |
| Manchester | – | 1.9 |
| Prestwich | 7.3 km | 0.5 |
| Droylsden | 4.2 km | 0.4 |
| Denton | 6.7 km | 0.2 |
| Stretford | 7.1 km | 0.2 |
| Chadderton | 7.6 km | 0.2 |
| Audenshaw | 5.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Reddish | 5.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| Failsworth | 4.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |