Crap Towns / Skegness / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Skegness?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Skegness couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 44 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,410 | 95.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 17.8 km | 3.8 |
| Mablethorpe | 22.5 km | 3.4 |
| Holbeach | 42.9 km | 1.3 |
| King's Lynn | 42.9 km | 1.3 |
| Boston | 29.6 km | 1.2 |
| Louth | 32.8 km | 1.2 |
| Long Sutton | 42.1 km | 1.1 |
| Coningsby and Tattershall | 33.3 km | 0.6 |
| Skegness | – | 0.4 |
| Kirton | 34.7 km | 0.1 |
| Horncastle | 30.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |