Bognor Regis is connected, but on its own terms. Bognor Regis Rail Station sits at the end of a branch line from Barnham Rail Station. About one in seventy residents commutes by train. Gigabit broadband reaches roughly four in five postcodes. Better wired than ridden.
On rail, Bognor Regis Rail Station is the town's own railhead and sits at the end of a branch line that joins the wider network at Barnham Rail Station, which is the practical junction for anyone going east, west or north from this part of the coast. From Barnham, direct trains run to London, and the wider network reaches stations along the south coast including Chichester Rail Station, Arundel Rail Station, Ford Rail Station and Littlehampton Rail Station in either direction. About one in seventy residents takes the train to work, which is the kind of number that tells you the railway here serves day trips and occasional London runs more than it serves a daily commute. Buses pick up most of the local public-transport load, with about 300 stops spread across the town and roughly one in forty residents using them for their work journey. More than half of working residents drive.
On broadband, gigabit reaches roughly four in five postcodes, which is good going for a town with this much pre-war and post-war housing stock. Superfast broadband reaches very nearly every address in town, and not a single postcode sits below the universal service obligation, which means nowhere in town is stuck on the kind of speed that loses you a video call. Mobile coverage is effectively universal, with at least one network reaching every postcode and the full set of networks reaching almost all of them. Working from home, which one in five of the working population already does, is a credible choice from almost any front room in town.
Getting about inside the town is generally manageable. The town centre sits about 11 minutes away from a typical address by car, around 17 minutes by cycle, 21 minutes on public transport, and 37 minutes on foot for those willing. The nearest primary school is roughly 8 minutes by car and 12 minutes on foot, and the nearest secondary about 10 minutes by car. Where the geography stretches is the commute out: a town at the end of the railway network adds a leg to any London or further-east journey that buyers from inland Sussex do not have to factor in.
The connectivity verdict comes out better than the end-of-the-line geography suggests. Strong on buses and broadband, comfortable for getting about locally, and only really stretched when the destination is on the other side of London.