Crap Towns / Whitchurch / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Whitchurch?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Whitchurch couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 17 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,238 | 98.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Nantwich | 15.7 km | 1.4 |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 25.7 km | 1.3 |
| Wrexham | 21.9 km | 1.0 |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 24.8 km | 0.7 |
| Brynteg | 26.6 km | 0.6 |
| Gwersyllt | 24.9 km | 0.5 |
| Crewe | 21.2 km | 0.4 |
| Haslington | 24.4 km | 0.4 |
| Whitchurch | – | 0.3 |
| Wem | 12.7 km | 0.3 |
| Market Drayton | 15.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |