Crap Towns / Witney / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Witney?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Witney 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 93.4% 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 | 23 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,182 | 93.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 23.0 km | 3.1 |
| Grove | 20.5 km | 1.3 |
| Oxford | 16.0 km | 1.0 |
| Eynsham | 7.5 km | 0.8 |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 18.8 km | 0.7 |
| Faringdon | 16.5 km | 0.5 |
| Chipping Norton | 17.4 km | 0.3 |
| Wantage | 22.3 km | 0.3 |
| Witney | – | 0.2 |
| Kidlington | 14.0 km | 0.1 |
| Carterton | 7.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |