Crap Towns / Sawtry / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Sawtry?
In January 2026, 2.3% of premises in Sawtry couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 18 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 18 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 67 | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,787 | 94.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sawtry | – | 2.3 |
| Godmanchester | 15.9 km | 1.0 |
| Huntingdon | 12.9 km | 0.8 |
| Whittlesey | 17.4 km | 0.7 |
| Brampton | 13.3 km | 0.7 |
| Oundle | 14.1 km | 0.3 |
| Yaxley | 9.0 km | 0.3 |
| Peterborough | 15.0 km | 0.2 |
| St Ives | 18.3 km | 0.2 |
| Thrapston | 17.2 km | 0.1 |
| Ramsey | 11.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |