Crap Towns / Shrewsbury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Shrewsbury?
In January 2026, 1.3% of premises in Shrewsbury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 40 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 40 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 505 | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 35,911 | 92.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bayston Hill | 4.3 km | 1.7 |
| Shrewsbury | – | 1.3 |
| Telford | 19.0 km | 0.9 |
| Welshpool | 27.0 km | 0.7 |
| Broseley | 20.9 km | 0.6 |
| Newport | 26.3 km | 0.4 |
| Whitchurch | 29.0 km | 0.3 |
| Wem | 16.4 km | 0.3 |
| Shifnal | 26.4 km | 0.1 |
| Market Drayton | 28.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Oswestry | 25.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |