Crap Towns / Mountsorrel / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Mountsorrel?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Mountsorrel couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.6% 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 | 14 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,749 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow upon Soar | 3.2 km | 0.4 |
| Loughborough | 7.4 km | 0.3 |
| Leicester | 10.1 km | 0.2 |
| Mountsorrel | – | 0.2 |
| Groby | 9.0 km | 0.2 |
| Birstall | 4.7 km | 0.2 |
| Thurmaston | 6.1 km | 0.2 |
| Sileby | 2.9 km | 0.1 |
| Syston | 5.5 km | 0.1 |
| Quorndon | 3.2 km | 0.1 |
| Anstey | 6.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |