Crap Towns / Brotton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Brotton?
In January 2026, 6.4% of premises in Brotton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 12.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 166 | 6.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,315 | 89.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brotton | – | 6.4 |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 22.7 km | 5.2 |
| Billingham | 21.6 km | 3.4 |
| Skelton | 2.5 km | 2.4 |
| Middlesbrough | 17.8 km | 1.5 |
| Eston | 13.8 km | 0.9 |
| Guisborough | 8.6 km | 0.9 |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 2.9 km | 0.8 |
| Hartlepool | 22.0 km | 0.7 |
| Redcar | 9.8 km | 0.7 |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 6.0 km | 0.6 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |