We know estate agents do not always agree that the house-buying public take broadband speeds into account. However, a new survey, from uSwitch, could be of particular interest to those who intend working from home.
The listing shows 50 streets where broadband speed is so slow that a carrier pigeon might be faster.
The worst places are in Wales and Essex, where the broadband speed is a tortuous 0.6mb per second.
Surprisingly, perhaps, one of London’s most expensive addresses, in Hampstead, comes in at 17th on the list for slowness.
From Kent to Devon, and Tyne and Wear to Aberdeen, here is the full list of places where broadband speed would give snails a good name.
|
RANK |
STREET NAME & LOCATION |
AVERAGE DOWNLOAD SPEED (MBPS) |
| 1= | Erw Fawr, Henryd, Conwy, Wales | 0.6 |
| 1= | Wheatley Road, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex | 0.6 |
| 3 | Station Road, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire | 0.65 |
| 4 | Kelvin Grove, North Shields, Tyne and Wear | 0.74 |
| 5 | Maple Crescent, Alveley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire | 0.91 |
| 6 | Evesham Road (nr Church Lane), Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire | 0.92 |
| 7 | Meadow View (nr Rectory Road), Castle Carrock, Brampton, Cumbria | 0.94 |
| 8 | Canal Street, Oakthorpe, Swadlincote, Leicestershire | 0.96 |
| 9 | Pickleys Lane, Doveridge, Ashbourne, Derbyshire | 0.99 |
| 10 | Dereham Road (nr Chancel Lane), Garvestone, Norwich, Norfolk | 1.03 |
| 11 | Ferrymans, Sandbank | 1.07 |
| 12 | Maesceinion, Waun Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion | 1.08 |
| 13 | Llantarnam Road (nr Burtons Place), Cwmbran, Torfaen | 1.1 |
| 14 | Allens Lane (nr Brewers Terrace), Walsall, West Midlands | 1.11 |
| 15 | Prince Street, Allerton Bywater, West Yorkshire | 1.13 |
| 16 | Princes Avenue, Maylandsea, Chelmsford, Essex | 1.15 |
| 17 | Grange Gardens, Hampstead, London | 1.19 |
| 18 | Letchmere Close, Pattingham, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | 1.2 |
| 19 | Mytton Oak Road, (nr Crownmeole Drive), Shrewsbury, Shropshire | 1.21 |
| 20 | South Hanningfield Road (nr The Oaks), Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex | 1.25 |
| 21 | Summerfield Road, Clent, Stourbridge, Worcestershire | 1.32 |
| 22 | Alexander Avenue (nr Huntington Road), York | 1.33 |
| 23= | Bucklerburn Wynd, Peterculter, Aberdeen City | 1.41 |
| 23= | Botley Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | 1.41 |
| 25 | Penzance Street, Moor Row, Cumbria | 1.45 |
| 26 | Trampers Lane (nr B2177), North Boarhunt, Hampshire | 1.47 |
| 27 | Wauluds Bank Drive (nr Fitzwarin Close), Luton | 1.48 |
| 28 | Durham Close (nr Westminster Way), Dukinfield | 1.51 |
| 29 | Halstead Gardens (nr Eastchurch Road), Margate, Kent | 1.52 |
| 30= | Canterbury Road (nr The Orchids), Etchinghill, Folkestone, Kent | 1.52 |
| 30= | Hugh Squier Avenue, South Molton, Devon | 1.55 |
| 32 | Melloncroft Drive, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside | 1.58 |
| 33 | Northside (nr St Nicholas Rd), Chichester, West Sussex | 1.59 |
| 34 | Lynwood Drive, Oakley, Wimborne, Poole | 1.61 |
| 35 | Church Hill, Greenlaw, Duns, Scottish Borders | 1.68 |
| 36 | Richmond Avenue, Kettering, Northamptonshire | 1.69 |
| 37 | Lytham Drive, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear | 1.7 |
| 38= | Benskyn Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, Leicestershire | 1.71 |
| 38= | Dedham Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex | 1.71 |
| 40 | Jerome Way, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Kidlington, Oxfordshire | 1.73 |
| 41 | Holland Park, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex | 1.76 |
| 42 | Michel Dene Road (nr The Link), East Dean, Eastbourne, East Sussex | 1.9 |
| 43 | Thornham Lane (nr Rochdale Road), Middleton, Manchester | 1.91 |
| 44 | Stafford Crescent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire | 1.95 |
| 45 | Lock Lane, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Derbyshire | 1.97 |
| 46 | Mab Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside | 1.98 |
| 47 | Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, Essex | 1.99 |
| 48= | St Giles Way (nr Church St), Copwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire | 1.99 |
| 48= | Davaar Avenue, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute | 2.03 |
| 50 | Wordsworth Road, Dudley, West Midlands | 2.04 |
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