Crap Towns / Waltham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Waltham?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Waltham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 22 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,806 | 93.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Humberston and New Waltham | 5.1 km | 5.7 |
| Mablethorpe | 30.5 km | 3.4 |
| Immingham | 13.5 km | 3.0 |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 29.3 km | 2.4 |
| Louth | 17.7 km | 1.2 |
| Grimsby | 5.6 km | 1.0 |
| Waltham | – | 0.7 |
| Cleethorpes | 6.1 km | 0.7 |
| Brigg | 25.9 km | 0.4 |
| Withernsea | 25.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Hedon | 26.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |