Crap Towns / Torquay / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Torquay?
In January 2026, 2.4% of premises in Torquay couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.3% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 731 | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 26,228 | 85.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bovey Tracey | 15.3 km | 3.0 |
| Torquay | – | 2.4 |
| Dartmouth | 15.9 km | 1.6 |
| Paignton | 7.5 km | 1.4 |
| Totnes | 12.7 km | 1.4 |
| Newton Abbot | 7.4 km | 1.1 |
| Kingsteignton | 8.1 km | 1.1 |
| Brixham | 10.9 km | 1.0 |
| Dawlish | 12.1 km | 0.7 |
| Exmouth | 18.2 km | 0.3 |
| Teignmouth | 7.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |