Crap Towns / Castleford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Castleford?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Castleford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 17 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 17 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 183 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 22,147 | 97.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Pontefract | 3.8 km | 0.8 |
| Castleford | – | 0.8 |
| Normanton | 5.3 km | 0.6 |
| Knottingley | 6.0 km | 0.5 |
| Garforth | 8.3 km | 0.4 |
| Rothwell | 10.7 km | 0.2 |
| Crofton | 9.3 km | 0.1 |
| Featherstone | 4.9 km | 0.1 |
| Kippax | 5.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| Ackworth Moor Top | 9.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| Allerton Bywater | 5.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |