Crap Towns / Portishead / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Portishead?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Portishead couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.5% of premises, 6% lower than 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 | 36 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 11,184 | 88.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Long Ashton | 9.4 km | 3.7 |
| Stoke Gifford | 15.9 km | 3.7 |
| Clevedon | 8.3 km | 2.7 |
| Patchway | 14.4 km | 2.5 |
| Nailsea | 5.9 km | 2.3 |
| Bristol | 13.0 km | 2.2 |
| Undy and Magor | 11.3 km | 0.7 |
| Filton | 13.8 km | 0.6 |
| Portishead | – | 0.3 |
| Caldicot | 12.3 km | 0.0 |
| Yatton | 10.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |