Crap Towns / Ringwood / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ringwood?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Ringwood couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 77.7% of premises, 17% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 69 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,066 | 77.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Heath | 4.4 km | 6.8 |
| Barton on Sea | 14.9 km | 2.6 |
| Verwood | 7.7 km | 2.4 |
| Ferndown | 10.0 km | 1.9 |
| Ringwood | – | 1.1 |
| Bournemouth | 14.1 km | 0.7 |
| West Moors | 7.9 km | 0.5 |
| Wimborne Minster | 14.2 km | 0.5 |
| Christchurch | 12.4 km | 0.4 |
| New Milton | 13.6 km | 0.4 |
| Ashley | 14.3 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |