Official Statistics

Connectivity and Accessibility Statistics for Rural England

Name: Connectivity and Accessibility Statistics for Rural England
Creator: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published: 2023-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

Connectivity and Accessibility Statistics for Rural England - July 2026

From:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Published:

14 March 2023

Last updated:

22 July 2026

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22 July 2026
Published today, latest rural statistics on 'broadband' and 'mobile coverage'.
15 April 2026
Published today, latest rural statistics on 'average travel patterns' (formerly known as travel behaviours), 'access to vehicles and charging infrastructure' (formerly known as access to personal transport), 'transport connectivity' (formerly known as access to services), and 'home working'.
15 October 2025
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Broadband and Mobile coverage.
15 April 2025
Published today, latest Rural statistics on: ‘Access to personal transport’ in the Connectivity and accessibility report.
11 February 2025
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Home working in the Connectivity and Accessibility report.
14 January 2025
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Broadband and mobile in the Connectivity and Accessibility report.
18 June 2024
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Broadband and mobile, and Access to personal transport.
21 August 2023
Total average travel distances by car or van in final paragraph of page 15 corrected to latest values.
15 August 2023
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Broadband and Home working.
18 July 2023
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Transport & travel and Access to services.
25 April 2023
Figures C-1 and C-2 in the 'Access to services' section have been amended to correct data labels.
14 March 2023
First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Statistical Digest of Rural England - Connectivity and Accessibility

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Connectivity and Accessibility Supplementary Data Tables

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Statistical Digest of Rural England - Connectivity and Accessibility

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Details

A compendium of connectivity and accessibility statistics for rural and urban areas in England.

The July 2026 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:

Section A. Broadband
Section B. Mobile coverage

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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