Crap Towns / Tavistock / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Tavistock?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Tavistock couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 13 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 87.2% of premises, 7% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 13 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 58 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,096 | 87.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Launceston | 18.5 km | 7.8 |
| Liskeard | 24.7 km | 5.6 |
| Bovey Tracey | 33.3 km | 3.0 |
| Looe | 30.6 km | 2.7 |
| Plymouth | 16.6 km | 1.5 |
| Totnes | 34.8 km | 1.4 |
| Okehampton | 24.2 km | 1.4 |
| Ivybridge | 23.4 km | 1.0 |
| Saltash | 16.2 km | 1.0 |
| Tavistock | – | 0.8 |
| Torpoint | 19.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |