Crap Towns / Radcliffe / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Radcliffe?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Radcliffe couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 16 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 16 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 76 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,820 | 96.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 5.1 km | 0.7 |
| Farnworth | 5.7 km | 0.7 |
| Heywood | 6.9 km | 0.7 |
| Prestwich | 5.1 km | 0.5 |
| Radcliffe | – | 0.5 |
| Kearsley | 4.3 km | 0.4 |
| Walkden | 6.8 km | 0.4 |
| Whitefield | 2.8 km | 0.2 |
| Bury | 3.9 km | 0.1 |
| Little Lever | 3.2 km | 0.1 |
| Swinton | 6.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |