Crap Towns / Coatbridge / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Coatbridge?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Coatbridge couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 39 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 39 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 368 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 20,205 | 93.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Coatbridge | – | 1.7 |
| Viewpark | 3.5 km | 1.7 |
| Holytown | 4.9 km | 1.1 |
| Airdrie | 3.8 km | 0.9 |
| Uddingston | 5.2 km | 0.9 |
| Bothwell | 6.2 km | 0.8 |
| Newarthill | 6.8 km | 0.2 |
| Bellshill | 4.4 km | 0.2 |
| Moodiesburn | 7.2 km | 0.1 |
| Chapelhall | 5.4 km | 0.0 |
| New Stevenston | 6.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |