Crap Towns / Melksham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Melksham?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Melksham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 8 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 8 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 75 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,876 | 93.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | 16.4 km | 3.6 |
| Frome | 20.8 km | 2.2 |
| Warminster | 19.4 km | 2.2 |
| Chippenham | 9.2 km | 0.9 |
| Melksham | – | 0.9 |
| Westbury | 13.2 km | 0.7 |
| Devizes | 10.5 km | 0.6 |
| Trowbridge | 7.4 km | 0.6 |
| Calne | 11.7 km | 0.6 |
| Corsham | 7.4 km | 0.6 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 8.9 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |