Crap Towns / Rochdale / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Rochdale?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Rochdale couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 49 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 49 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 144 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 44,771 | 92.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Milnrow | 3.5 km | 0.7 |
| Heywood | 5.1 km | 0.7 |
| Rochdale | – | 0.3 |
| Middleton | 7.1 km | 0.3 |
| Chadderton | 9.0 km | 0.2 |
| Bury | 8.9 km | 0.1 |
| Royton | 5.8 km | 0.1 |
| Whitworth | 4.7 km | 0.1 |
| Littleborough | 5.2 km | 0.1 |
| Oldham | 9.2 km | 0.1 |
| Shaw | 5.8 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |