Crap Towns / Wootton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wootton?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Wootton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 21 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,082 | 96.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cranfield | 6.3 km | 2.4 |
| Wixams | 3.9 km | 1.7 |
| Bedford | 7.0 km | 1.4 |
| Flitwick | 10.0 km | 0.7 |
| Wootton | – | 0.7 |
| Kempston | 3.4 km | 0.4 |
| Marston Moretaine | 3.1 km | 0.4 |
| Shefford | 14.9 km | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 7.9 km | 0.1 |
| Olney | 14.1 km | 0.1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 13.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |