Crap Towns / Welwyn Garden City / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Welwyn Garden City?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Welwyn Garden City couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 76 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 76 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 344 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 22,521 | 93.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Redbourn | 14.2 km | 2.5 |
| Hertford | 7.5 km | 1.8 |
| London Colney | 11.7 km | 1.4 |
| Welwyn Garden City | – | 1.4 |
| Hatfield | 5.0 km | 1.2 |
| Potters Bar | 11.6 km | 0.7 |
| Harpenden | 10.8 km | 0.7 |
| Stevenage | 11.9 km | 0.6 |
| St Albans | 10.3 km | 0.5 |
| Hoddesdon | 13.6 km | 0.3 |
| Ware | 11.2 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |