Crap Towns / Northampton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Northampton?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Northampton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 90 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 90 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 539 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 106,066 | 96.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brixworth | 9.8 km | 0.9 |
| Earls Barton | 10.5 km | 0.7 |
| Northampton | – | 0.5 |
| Towcester | 13.7 km | 0.5 |
| Rushden | 21.1 km | 0.3 |
| Burton Latimer | 20.2 km | 0.3 |
| Kettering | 21.3 km | 0.2 |
| Wellingborough | 15.2 km | 0.1 |
| Daventry | 18.8 km | 0.1 |
| Olney | 15.7 km | 0.1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 20.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |