Crap Towns / Bothwell / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bothwell?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Bothwell couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 18 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 71.3% of premises, 24% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 18 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 27 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,493 | 71.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Coatbridge | 6.2 km | 1.7 |
| Viewpark | 2.8 km | 1.7 |
| Holytown | 6.8 km | 1.1 |
| Uddingston | 1.5 km | 0.9 |
| Bothwell | – | 0.8 |
| Hamilton | 3.9 km | 0.7 |
| Cambuslang | 5.3 km | 0.7 |
| Blantyre | 2.0 km | 0.5 |
| Motherwell | 5.6 km | 0.4 |
| Bellshill | 3.8 km | 0.2 |
| New Stevenston | 6.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |