Crap Towns / St Helens / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in St Helens?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in St Helens couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 84 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 84 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 264 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 52,794 | 97.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Rainford | 7.1 km | 0.9 |
| Orrell | 9.7 km | 0.6 |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 8.2 km | 0.5 |
| St Helens | – | 0.5 |
| Prescot | 4.7 km | 0.5 |
| Golborne | 11.0 km | 0.4 |
| Huyton with Roby | 8.5 km | 0.4 |
| Haydock | 5.0 km | 0.4 |
| Kirkby | 10.2 km | 0.3 |
| Widnes | 8.5 km | 0.1 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 7.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |