Crap Towns / Salford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Salford?
In January 2026, 4.5% of premises in Salford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 9.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1,098 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1,098 | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 2,787 | 4.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 55,947 | 89.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Salford | – | 4.5 |
| Old Trafford | 3.4 km | 2.4 |
| Manchester | 5.3 km | 1.9 |
| Urmston | 7.1 km | 0.9 |
| Eccles | 5.2 km | 0.7 |
| Clifton | 3.8 km | 0.7 |
| Prestwich | 4.2 km | 0.5 |
| Stretford | 4.9 km | 0.2 |
| Whitefield | 6.4 km | 0.2 |
| Worsley | 6.7 km | 0.2 |
| Swinton | 4.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |