Crap Towns / Romiley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Romiley?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Romiley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 11 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 | 11 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 76 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,048 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Romiley | – | 1.4 |
| Hattersley | 4.9 km | 1.1 |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 2.2 km | 1.1 |
| Marple | 2.4 km | 0.6 |
| Stockport | 5.3 km | 0.4 |
| Denton | 4.6 km | 0.2 |
| Hyde | 4.1 km | 0.2 |
| Dukinfield | 6.5 km | 0.1 |
| Audenshaw | 7.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| Reddish | 5.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| Hazel Grove | 5.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |