Crap Towns / Carluke / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Carluke?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Carluke couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 16 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,799 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Holytown | 13.8 km | 1.1 |
| Wishaw | 7.6 km | 1.0 |
| Larkhall | 8.4 km | 0.7 |
| Motherwell | 11.9 km | 0.4 |
| Lanark | 7.8 km | 0.3 |
| Newarthill | 12.0 km | 0.2 |
| Carluke | – | 0.2 |
| Shotts | 10.1 km | 0.1 |
| Newmains | 6.8 km | 0.1 |
| Stonehouse | 10.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| New Stevenston | 12.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |