Crap Towns / Newcastle-under-Lyme / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Newcastle-under-Lyme couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 37 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 37 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 157 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 37,195 | 93.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Werrington | 10.1 km | 2.0 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 7.3 km | 1.5 |
| Alsager | 9.0 km | 1.0 |
| Biddulph | 11.1 km | 0.7 |
| Stone | 15.5 km | 0.7 |
| Sandbach | 15.8 km | 0.6 |
| Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook | 13.4 km | 0.6 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | – | 0.4 |
| Crewe | 15.9 km | 0.4 |
| Haslington | 13.3 km | 0.4 |
| Kidsgrove | 7.2 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |