Crap Towns / Newtown / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newtown?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Newtown couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 29 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 86.5% of premises, 8% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 29 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 103 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,238 | 86.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Leominster | 50.3 km | 4.0 |
| Llandrindod Wells | 29.7 km | 2.7 |
| Bayston Hill | 41.3 km | 1.7 |
| Newtown | – | 1.7 |
| Shrewsbury | 44.6 km | 1.3 |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 54.8 km | 1.3 |
| Aberystwyth | 52.0 km | 1.0 |
| Welshpool | 20.8 km | 0.7 |
| Wem | 56.1 km | 0.3 |
| Ludlow | 44.2 km | 0.1 |
| Oswestry | 42.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |