Crap Towns / Wandsworth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wandsworth?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Wandsworth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 99 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 99 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,404 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 151,568 | 90.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 9.5 km | 11.5 |
| Southwark | 8.2 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 7.1 km | 2.8 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 5.4 km | 1.6 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 10.0 km | 1.4 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 5.5 km | 1.1 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 8.8 km | 1.0 |
| Sutton | 10.0 km | 1.0 |
| Wandsworth | – | 0.8 |
| Lambeth | 4.7 km | 0.8 |
| Merton | 4.7 km | 0.4 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |