Crap Towns / Towcester / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Towcester?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Towcester couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 28 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,774 | 95.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brixworth | 22.6 km | 0.9 |
| Earls Barton | 22.3 km | 0.7 |
| Northampton | 13.7 km | 0.5 |
| Towcester | – | 0.5 |
| Milton Keynes | 18.4 km | 0.3 |
| Daventry | 19.4 km | 0.1 |
| Olney | 19.4 km | 0.1 |
| Winslow | 21.7 km | 0.1 |
| Brackley | 15.4 km | 0.1 |
| Buckingham | 14.6 km | 0.1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 18.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |