Crap Towns / Prescot / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Prescot?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Prescot couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 47 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 47 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 95 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 19,170 | 97.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 8.9 km | 2.5 |
| Rainford | 9.6 km | 0.9 |
| St Helens | 4.7 km | 0.5 |
| Prescot | – | 0.5 |
| Aintree | 12.5 km | 0.5 |
| Huyton with Roby | 4.4 km | 0.4 |
| Runcorn | 11.9 km | 0.4 |
| Haydock | 9.7 km | 0.4 |
| Kirkby | 9.3 km | 0.3 |
| Widnes | 6.3 km | 0.1 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 11.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |