Crap Towns / Stroud / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Stroud?
In January 2026, 2.5% of premises in Stroud couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 5.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 20 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 81.1% of premises, 14% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 20 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 333 | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,760 | 81.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Churchdown | 16.3 km | 5.5 |
| Brockworth | 12.4 km | 3.1 |
| Stroud | – | 2.5 |
| Chalford | 5.3 km | 1.4 |
| Cam | 10.8 km | 0.8 |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 9.4 km | 0.8 |
| Gloucester | 12.4 km | 0.6 |
| Tetbury | 12.4 km | 0.6 |
| Nailsworth | 5.3 km | 0.5 |
| Dursley | 11.0 km | 0.3 |
| Stonehouse | 4.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |