Crap Towns / Ramsbottom / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ramsbottom?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Ramsbottom couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 18 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 18 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 66 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,521 | 90.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Rawtenstall | 8.6 km | 1.1 |
| Haslingden | 6.5 km | 0.9 |
| Ramsbottom | – | 0.8 |
| Heywood | 8.5 km | 0.7 |
| Radcliffe | 7.7 km | 0.5 |
| Kearsley | 10.7 km | 0.4 |
| Bolton | 8.7 km | 0.4 |
| Whitefield | 9.8 km | 0.2 |
| Bury | 4.9 km | 0.1 |
| Whitworth | 10.1 km | 0.1 |
| Little Lever | 8.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |