Crap Towns / Southwater / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Southwater?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Southwater couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 11 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,356 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Storrington | 13.7 km | 3.4 |
| Steyning | 16.4 km | 3.0 |
| Henfield | 12.6 km | 2.7 |
| Cranleigh | 15.2 km | 1.3 |
| Crawley | 15.2 km | 1.1 |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 17.1 km | 0.8 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 3.9 km | 0.5 |
| Billingshurst | 7.2 km | 0.4 |
| Burgess Hill | 17.7 km | 0.2 |
| Southwater | – | 0.2 |
| Horsham | 4.5 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |