Crap Towns / Wilmslow / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wilmslow?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Wilmslow couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.5% 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 | 148 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 11,481 | 90.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bollington | 8.7 km | 1.4 |
| Cheadle | 7.1 km | 1.4 |
| Wilmslow | – | 1.2 |
| Hale | 6.3 km | 1.1 |
| Macclesfield | 9.7 km | 1.0 |
| Poynton | 7.7 km | 0.7 |
| Wythenshawe | 8.2 km | 0.6 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 5.5 km | 0.6 |
| Gatley | 7.0 km | 0.2 |
| Bramhall | 6.2 km | 0.1 |
| Hazel Grove | 9.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |