Crap Towns / Saffron Walden / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Saffron Walden?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Saffron Walden couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 83.1% of premises, 11% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 133 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,834 | 83.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 13.7 km | 6.5 |
| Saffron Walden | – | 1.6 |
| Sawston | 12.6 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 21.8 km | 1.2 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 17.7 km | 0.7 |
| Royston | 18.8 km | 0.7 |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 17.0 km | 0.5 |
| Buntingford | 20.1 km | 0.4 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 16.3 km | 0.4 |
| Great Dunmow | 17.8 km | 0.2 |
| Haverhill | 15.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |