Crap Towns / Slough / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Slough?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Slough couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 17 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 17 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 178 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 61,005 | 97.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 3.9 km | 10.9 |
| Iver Heath | 4.9 km | 4.1 |
| Windsor | 5.8 km | 3.0 |
| Hillingdon | 10.4 km | 1.7 |
| Gerrards Cross | 7.5 km | 1.6 |
| Bourne End | 10.4 km | 0.9 |
| Chalfont St Peter | 9.9 km | 0.8 |
| Maidenhead | 9.5 km | 0.6 |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 6.5 km | 0.3 |
| Slough | – | 0.3 |
| Egham | 10.3 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |