Crap Towns / Bathgate / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bathgate?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Bathgate couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 79 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,704 | 93.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 6.6 km | 2.1 |
| Bathgate | – | 0.7 |
| Whitburn | 4.8 km | 0.4 |
| East Calder | 11.4 km | 0.3 |
| Polmont | 11.6 km | 0.3 |
| Linlithgow | 9.2 km | 0.3 |
| Bo'ness | 13.0 km | 0.3 |
| Broxburn | 10.8 km | 0.1 |
| Blackburn | 2.5 km | 0.1 |
| Shotts | 13.3 km | 0.1 |
| Armadale | 4.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |