Crap Towns / Whittlesey / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Whittlesey?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Whittlesey couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.0% 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 | 53 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,169 | 98.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sawtry | 17.4 km | 2.3 |
| Eye | 7.7 km | 1.3 |
| Deeping St James | 17.3 km | 1.2 |
| March | 14.0 km | 1.1 |
| Chatteris | 16.1 km | 1.1 |
| Wisbech | 22.7 km | 0.9 |
| Whittlesey | – | 0.7 |
| Yaxley | 10.4 km | 0.3 |
| Peterborough | 9.5 km | 0.2 |
| Market Deeping | 19.2 km | 0.2 |
| Ramsey | 12.0 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |