Crap Towns / Peacehaven / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Peacehaven?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Peacehaven couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.6% 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 | 64 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,876 | 89.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove | 9.4 km | 1.0 |
| Peacehaven | – | 0.8 |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 19.6 km | 0.8 |
| Seaford | 7.9 km | 0.6 |
| Southwick | 17.6 km | 0.4 |
| Hailsham | 19.2 km | 0.4 |
| Polegate | 17.1 km | 0.1 |
| Lewes | 8.6 km | 0.1 |
| Eastbourne | 19.6 km | 0.1 |
| Newhaven | 3.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| Lower Willingdon | 17.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |