Crap Towns / Whitwick / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Whitwick?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Whitwick couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 11 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,825 | 96.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Measham | 11.1 km | 1.0 |
| Castle Donington | 11.9 km | 0.8 |
| Ibstock | 5.8 km | 0.7 |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 7.8 km | 0.6 |
| Coalville | 1.6 km | 0.5 |
| Shepshed | 5.1 km | 0.4 |
| Loughborough | 9.4 km | 0.3 |
| Whitwick | – | 0.2 |
| Groby | 12.2 km | 0.2 |
| Quorndon | 12.3 km | 0.1 |
| Woodville | 12.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |