Crap Towns / Standish / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Standish?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Standish couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 23 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 23 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 50 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,115 | 93.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blackrod | 4.7 km | 2.3 |
| Coppull | 3.7 km | 2.0 |
| Standish | – | 0.8 |
| Adlington | 4.7 km | 0.6 |
| Orrell | 7.1 km | 0.6 |
| Wigan | 4.4 km | 0.5 |
| Appley Bridge | 4.1 km | 0.4 |
| Horwich | 7.4 km | 0.3 |
| Shevington | 3.1 km | 0.3 |
| Chorley | 7.5 km | 0.2 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 6.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |