Crap Towns / Tadley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Tadley?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Tadley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.9% of premises, 8% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 77 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,739 | 85.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Hook | 15.7 km | 1.8 |
| Newbury | 13.0 km | 1.2 |
| Tadley | – | 1.2 |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 13.1 km | 0.9 |
| Basingstoke | 10.8 km | 0.7 |
| Thatcham | 8.6 km | 0.6 |
| Shinfield | 14.9 km | 0.4 |
| Oakley | 12.3 km | 0.3 |
| Reading | 15.7 km | 0.3 |
| Caversham | 18.2 km | 0.1 |
| Burghfield Common | 7.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |