Crap Towns / Newbury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newbury?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Newbury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 61 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 83.4% of premises, 11% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 61 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 255 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 18,347 | 83.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch | 19.4 km | 6.3 |
| Grove | 23.8 km | 1.3 |
| Newbury | – | 1.2 |
| Tadley | 13.0 km | 1.2 |
| Didcot | 23.6 km | 0.8 |
| Basingstoke | 21.5 km | 0.7 |
| Thatcham | 4.7 km | 0.6 |
| Hungerford | 13.9 km | 0.4 |
| Oakley | 19.8 km | 0.3 |
| Wantage | 22.0 km | 0.3 |
| Burghfield Common | 17.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |