17 Jun Pilgrims Hatch Broadband Relief as Village Connected
Broadband relief for almost 2,000 rural residents and business owners in Pilgrims Hatch is on the horizon as engineers begin to provide properties in the village with a full fibre connection.
Work to connect the village began in September 2023 when engineers from telecoms company Gigaclear began extending its network from nearby Kelvedon Hatch using fibre optic cables.
With the cable connection between the two communities now live, engineers are in the process of taking the network to around 2,000 properties in the village either by digging new trenches or using existing infrastructure such as poles and ducting.
The majority of homes and businesses are expected to have access by the ends of the year.
Senior Project Manager Vikki Ellis said Gigaclear was working hard to ensure rural, often hard to reach communities such as Pilgrims Hatch and Kelvedon Hatch were able to access the same fast and reliable full fibre broadband enjoyed by larger urban areas.
She said: “We’re in the process of cabling to properties in the village and we hope this will be completed by the end of the year.
“Taking our full fibre to rural communities that would otherwise have copper or an inferior broadband connection fundamentally changes them for the better because it creates choice for the people in those communities about how they work and how they live their lives.”
