Crap Towns / Airdrie / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Airdrie?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Airdrie couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 172 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 17,112 | 94.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Coatbridge | 3.8 km | 1.7 |
| Viewpark | 6.7 km | 1.7 |
| Holytown | 4.2 km | 1.1 |
| Airdrie | – | 0.9 |
| Uddingston | 8.6 km | 0.9 |
| Motherwell | 8.3 km | 0.4 |
| Newarthill | 5.4 km | 0.2 |
| Bellshill | 6.0 km | 0.2 |
| Moodiesburn | 8.8 km | 0.1 |
| Chapelhall | 2.9 km | 0.0 |
| New Stevenston | 6.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |