Crap Towns / Spalding / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Spalding?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Spalding couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 157 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 12,889 | 89.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Holbeach | 11.7 km | 1.3 |
| Eye | 18.8 km | 1.3 |
| Boston | 23.5 km | 1.2 |
| Deeping St James | 14.7 km | 1.2 |
| Long Sutton | 18.8 km | 1.1 |
| Spalding | – | 1.1 |
| Whittlesey | 24.9 km | 0.7 |
| Bourne | 14.7 km | 0.6 |
| Peterborough | 24.2 km | 0.2 |
| Market Deeping | 15.4 km | 0.2 |
| Kirton | 18.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |