Crap Towns / Watford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Watford?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Watford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 19 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 19 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 194 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 55,156 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Abbots Langley and Kings Langley | 7.0 km | 2.1 |
| Moor Park | 2.9 km | 1.8 |
| Borehamwood | 9.1 km | 1.6 |
| London Colney | 10.9 km | 1.4 |
| Harrow | 7.2 km | 0.9 |
| Radlett | 7.2 km | 0.8 |
| Bushey | 3.3 km | 0.8 |
| Rickmansworth | 4.2 km | 0.4 |
| Watford | – | 0.3 |
| Chorleywood | 7.1 km | 0.2 |
| Chiswell Green | 8.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |