Crap Towns / Rushden / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Rushden?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Rushden couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 22 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 22 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 51 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,709 | 98.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford | 19.2 km | 1.4 |
| Earls Barton | 10.7 km | 0.7 |
| Raunds | 7.2 km | 0.5 |
| Higham Ferrers | 2.2 km | 0.4 |
| Rushden | – | 0.3 |
| Burton Latimer | 10.2 km | 0.3 |
| Irthlingborough | 4.4 km | 0.3 |
| Kettering | 14.9 km | 0.2 |
| Wellingborough | 7.3 km | 0.1 |
| Thrapston | 12.8 km | 0.1 |
| Olney | 16.5 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |