Crap Towns / Waterlooville / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Waterlooville?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Waterlooville couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 32 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 15,921 | 97.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Waltham | 15.5 km | 3.4 |
| Denmead | 3.7 km | 0.8 |
| Portsmouth | 6.9 km | 0.8 |
| Horndean | 3.9 km | 0.4 |
| South Hayling | 10.6 km | 0.4 |
| Waterlooville | – | 0.2 |
| Fareham | 12.0 km | 0.2 |
| Gosport | 12.1 km | 0.1 |
| Havant | 3.8 km | 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 14.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Emsworth | 7.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |