Crap Towns / Shanklin / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Shanklin?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Shanklin couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 11 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 11 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 62 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,901 | 90.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ventnor | 4.3 km | 1.9 |
| Shanklin | – | 1.1 |
| Newport | 11.4 km | 0.9 |
| Portsmouth | 22.9 km | 0.8 |
| Cowes | 16.3 km | 0.4 |
| South Hayling | 23.3 km | 0.4 |
| East Cowes | 15.2 km | 0.2 |
| Ryde | 10.5 km | 0.1 |
| Gosport | 19.1 km | 0.1 |
| Sandown | 2.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 21.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |