Crap Towns / Solihull / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Solihull?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Solihull couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 160 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.5% of premises, 5% higher than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 160 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 280 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 49,501 | 98.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 8.8 km | 1.8 |
| Studley | 16.6 km | 1.7 |
| Solihull | – | 0.6 |
| Coleshill | 14.8 km | 0.4 |
| Smethwick | 14.5 km | 0.4 |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 5.5 km | 0.3 |
| Redditch | 15.1 km | 0.3 |
| Balsall Common | 10.5 km | 0.2 |
| Oldbury | 17.2 km | 0.1 |
| Hollywood | 5.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| Catshill | 17.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |