Crap Towns / Waltham Forest / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Waltham Forest?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Waltham Forest couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 459 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 459 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,374 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 109,966 | 94.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | 8.8 km | 3.0 |
| Islington | 8.5 km | 1.7 |
| Chigwell | 6.7 km | 1.3 |
| Waltham Forest | – | 1.2 |
| Enfield | 8.2 km | 1.0 |
| Redbridge | 6.2 km | 0.9 |
| Haringey | 6.6 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | 5.8 km | 0.9 |
| Loughton | 8.8 km | 0.8 |
| Newham | 8.2 km | 0.7 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 5.3 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |