Crap Towns / Woking / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Woking?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Woking couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.4% 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 | 569 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 30,970 | 92.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | 9.8 km | 5.0 |
| Woking | – | 1.7 |
| West End and Chobham | 4.6 km | 1.6 |
| Lightwater | 7.5 km | 0.9 |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 6.6 km | 0.8 |
| Chertsey | 9.8 km | 0.8 |
| Byfleet | 10.1 km | 0.7 |
| Guildford | 7.3 km | 0.5 |
| Virginia Water | 10.2 km | 0.3 |
| Frimley | 10.3 km | less than 0.1 |
| Bagshot | 9.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |