Crap Towns / Newmarket / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newmarket?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Newmarket couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 59 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,139 | 91.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Histon and Impington | 20.3 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 19.2 km | 1.2 |
| Cottenham | 19.9 km | 0.9 |
| Burwell | 6.4 km | 0.8 |
| Mildenhall | 13.0 km | 0.6 |
| Newmarket | – | 0.6 |
| Ely | 19.6 km | 0.3 |
| Soham | 10.6 km | 0.2 |
| Red Lodge | 8.4 km | 0.1 |
| Haverhill | 18.5 km | 0.1 |
| Waterbeach | 15.4 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |