Crap Towns / Bellshill / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bellshill?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Bellshill couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 23 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,689 | 95.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Coatbridge | 4.4 km | 1.7 |
| Viewpark | 2.8 km | 1.7 |
| Holytown | 3.0 km | 1.1 |
| Uddingston | 4.0 km | 0.9 |
| Bothwell | 3.8 km | 0.8 |
| Blantyre | 5.6 km | 0.5 |
| Motherwell | 3.4 km | 0.4 |
| Newarthill | 4.6 km | 0.2 |
| Bellshill | – | 0.2 |
| Chapelhall | 5.1 km | 0.0 |
| New Stevenston | 2.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |