Crap Towns / Rawtenstall / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Rawtenstall?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Rawtenstall couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 135 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 11,587 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton-le-Moors | 10.6 km | 1.2 |
| Rawtenstall | – | 1.1 |
| Haslingden | 3.7 km | 0.9 |
| Ramsbottom | 8.6 km | 0.8 |
| Burnley | 10.3 km | 0.3 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 9.3 km | 0.3 |
| Accrington | 7.6 km | 0.2 |
| Church | 9.5 km | 0.2 |
| Bacup | 5.0 km | 0.2 |
| Whitworth | 8.3 km | 0.1 |
| Padiham | 10.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |