Crap Towns / Westhoughton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Westhoughton?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Westhoughton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 99.1% of premises, 6% higher than 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 | 19 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,549 | 99.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blackrod | 6.5 km | 2.3 |
| Platt Bridge and Abram | 5.9 km | 1.2 |
| Bolton | 7.5 km | 0.4 |
| Horwich | 5.7 km | 0.3 |
| Leigh | 5.0 km | 0.3 |
| Atherton | 3.0 km | 0.2 |
| Westhoughton | – | 0.2 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 6.0 km | 0.1 |
| Hindley | 3.7 km | 0.1 |
| Little Hulton | 7.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| Tyldesley | 5.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |