Bamfurlong, Gloucestershire
From Wikishire
| Bamfurlong | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 Fields near Bamfurlong | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO897215 |
| Location: | 51°53’33"N, 2°9’-0"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | GL5 |
| Local Government | |
Bamfurlong is a village in Gloucestershire, sitting between Cheltenham and Gloucester, near Gloucestershire Airport. It is divided in two by the M5 motorway such that there is no access from one half of Bamfurlong to the other (east to west) other than by way of Bamfurlong Lane and the motorway bridge.
In the media
The village came briefly into the news in 2018, when a survey 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.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bamfurlong, Gloucestershire) |
References
- ↑ 'Streets with UK's slowest and fastest broadband named': BBC News, 12 December 2018
