Crap Towns / Sawston / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Sawston?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Sawston couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 39 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,016 | 89.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | 19.4 km | 2.6 |
| Saffron Walden | 12.6 km | 1.6 |
| Histon and Impington | 14.8 km | 1.2 |
| Sawston | – | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 9.3 km | 1.2 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 19.0 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | 18.3 km | 0.9 |
| Royston | 15.4 km | 0.7 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 3.7 km | 0.4 |
| Haverhill | 19.3 km | 0.1 |
| Waterbeach | 16.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |