Crap Towns / Middleton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Middleton?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Middleton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 65 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 21,446 | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Heywood | 4.0 km | 0.7 |
| Prestwich | 5.8 km | 0.5 |
| Rochdale | 7.1 km | 0.3 |
| Middleton | – | 0.3 |
| Whitefield | 6.1 km | 0.2 |
| Chadderton | 3.5 km | 0.2 |
| Bury | 7.8 km | 0.1 |
| Royton | 5.1 km | 0.1 |
| Oldham | 6.5 km | 0.1 |
| Shaw | 7.4 km | 0.1 |
| Failsworth | 6.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |