Crap Towns / Oxted / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Oxted?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Oxted couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 55 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,667 | 91.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Croydon | 13.5 km | 2.4 |
| Sevenoaks | 13.5 km | 1.3 |
| Oxted | – | 1.1 |
| South Merstham | 10.3 km | 0.9 |
| Caterham | 7.6 km | 0.7 |
| Warlingham | 8.1 km | 0.7 |
| Reigate | 14.1 km | 0.6 |
| Redhill | 12.1 km | 0.6 |
| Edenbridge | 6.7 km | 0.6 |
| Horley | 13.7 km | 0.5 |
| East Grinstead | 13.3 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |