Crap Towns / Wednesbury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wednesbury?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Wednesbury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 35 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,543 | 95.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Walsall | 3.7 km | 0.4 |
| Wednesbury | – | 0.4 |
| Bloxwich | 6.3 km | 0.2 |
| West Bromwich | 3.4 km | 0.1 |
| Bilston | 4.1 km | 0.1 |
| Coseley | 5.9 km | 0.1 |
| Oldbury | 6.6 km | 0.1 |
| Willenhall | 4.4 km | 0.1 |
| Darlaston | 2.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| Tipton | 3.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Pheasey | 7.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |