Crap Towns / Thatcham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Thatcham?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Thatcham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 57 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 57 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 73 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,513 | 93.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch | 19.7 km | 6.3 |
| Newbury | 4.7 km | 1.2 |
| Tadley | 8.6 km | 1.2 |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 19.8 km | 0.9 |
| Basingstoke | 18.1 km | 0.7 |
| Thatcham | – | 0.6 |
| Shinfield | 21.2 km | 0.4 |
| Hungerford | 18.6 km | 0.4 |
| Oakley | 17.4 km | 0.3 |
| Reading | 20.7 km | 0.3 |
| Burghfield Common | 12.9 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |