Crap Towns / New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 38 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 38 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 122 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 13,170 | 90.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | 3.3 km | 5.0 |
| Woking | 6.6 km | 1.7 |
| West End and Chobham | 7.1 km | 1.6 |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 8.4 km | 1.5 |
| Shepperton | 6.9 km | 1.3 |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | – | 0.8 |
| Chertsey | 4.3 km | 0.8 |
| Byfleet | 4.1 km | 0.7 |
| Virginia Water | 7.3 km | 0.3 |
| Weybridge | 5.3 km | 0.2 |
| Hersham | 8.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |