Crap Towns / Urmston / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Urmston?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Urmston couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 179 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 19,159 | 96.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Salford | 7.1 km | 4.5 |
| Old Trafford | 4.0 km | 2.4 |
| Urmston | – | 0.9 |
| Irlam | 3.4 km | 0.9 |
| Eccles | 3.7 km | 0.7 |
| Altrincham | 6.6 km | 0.6 |
| Sale | 4.6 km | 0.5 |
| Stretford | 3.9 km | 0.2 |
| Worsley | 5.8 km | 0.2 |
| Partington | 4.8 km | 0.2 |
| Swinton | 6.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |