Crap Towns / Redbourn / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Redbourn?
In January 2026, 2.5% of premises in Redbourn couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 5.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 59 | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,174 | 93.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Redbourn | – | 2.5 |
| Bovingdon | 12.7 km | 2.3 |
| Abbots Langley and Kings Langley | 10.6 km | 2.1 |
| Berkhamsted | 12.6 km | 1.6 |
| London Colney | 11.7 km | 1.4 |
| Hatfield | 12.2 km | 1.2 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 7.0 km | 1.0 |
| Harpenden | 3.9 km | 0.7 |
| St Albans | 7.5 km | 0.5 |
| Luton | 10.7 km | 0.2 |
| Chiswell Green | 9.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |