Crap Towns / Rothwell / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Rothwell?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Rothwell couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 48 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,357 | 97.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Rothwell | – | 1.1 |
| Brixworth | 12.6 km | 0.9 |
| Earls Barton | 17.8 km | 0.7 |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 18.5 km | 0.7 |
| Corby | 11.1 km | 0.5 |
| Desborough | 2.6 km | 0.4 |
| Burton Latimer | 10.8 km | 0.3 |
| Irthlingborough | 17.0 km | 0.3 |
| Market Harborough | 10.0 km | 0.2 |
| Kettering | 6.4 km | 0.2 |
| Wellingborough | 15.0 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |