Bamfurlong, Gloucestershire Explained

Official Name:Bamfurlong
Country:England
Shire County:Gloucestershire
Region:South West England
Coordinates:51.8925°N -2.15°W
Constituency Westminster:Tewkesbury
Shire District:Tewkesbury
Postcode District:GL51
Postcode Area:GL
Post Town:Cheltenham

Bamfurlong is a village in Gloucestershire, England,[1] [2] between Cheltenham and Gloucester, near Gloucestershire Airport, and divided in two by the M5 motorway. There is no access from one half of Bamfurlong to the other (east to west) other than via Bamfurlong Lane and the motorway bridge.

Slowest internet in UK

A survey in 2018 said homes on Greenmeadows Park in Bamfurlong had the slowest broadband internet access in the UK at 0.14 megabits per second. (Mbps). That was nearly 1,900 times slower than the fastest access, which was in Birmingham.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 163 Cheltenham & Cirencester (Stow-on-the-Wold). 9780319229125 . Ordnance Survey. 2012.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer. csv (download). 1 January 2016. Ordnance Survey. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. 30 January 2016.
  3. News: Streets with UK's slowest and fastest broadband named. BBC News. 12 December 2018.