Crap Towns / Takeley and Little Canfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Takeley and Little Canfield?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Takeley and Little Canfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 12 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,158 | 93.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 6.3 km | 6.5 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 10.9 km | 3.1 |
| Harlow | 15.6 km | 2.6 |
| Great Notley | 17.4 km | 2.3 |
| Saffron Walden | 17.0 km | 1.6 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 7.8 km | 0.7 |
| Chelmsford | 20.2 km | 0.7 |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | – | 0.5 |
| Braintree | 19.4 km | 0.3 |
| Ware | 22.0 km | 0.3 |
| Great Dunmow | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |