Crap Towns / Tilbury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Tilbury?
In January 2026, 2.0% of premises in Tilbury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 13 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as 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 | 113 | 2.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,360 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 6.8 km | 9.4 |
| Tilbury | – | 2.0 |
| South Ockendon | 7.3 km | 1.8 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 5.8 km | 1.7 |
| Gravesend | 4.0 km | 1.4 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 7.5 km | 0.7 |
| Northfleet | 3.1 km | 0.6 |
| Grays | 3.1 km | 0.4 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 2.4 km | 0.3 |
| East Tilbury | 4.5 km | 0.0 |
| Swanscombe | 4.4 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |