Crap Towns / Dewsbury / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dewsbury?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Dewsbury couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 300 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 25,023 | 95.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Dewsbury | – | 1.1 |
| Mirfield | 4.3 km | 0.8 |
| Cleckheaton | 7.1 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 5.2 km | 0.6 |
| Horbury | 6.1 km | 0.6 |
| Morley | 7.0 km | 0.3 |
| Batley | 3.8 km | 0.3 |
| East Ardsley | 7.1 km | 0.3 |
| Gildersome | 7.8 km | 0.2 |
| Ossett | 3.9 km | 0.2 |
| Heckmondwike | 3.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |