Crap Towns / Doncaster / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Doncaster?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Doncaster couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 350 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 43,754 | 98.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Finningley | 7.5 km | 7.2 |
| Doncaster | – | 0.8 |
| Sprotbrough | 5.4 km | 0.3 |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 5.3 km | 0.1 |
| Conisbrough | 8.9 km | 0.1 |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 5.2 km | 0.1 |
| Warmsworth | 6.7 km | 0.1 |
| Armthorpe | 4.6 km | 0.1 |
| Adwick le Street | 8.7 km | 0.1 |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 5.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| Bentley | 3.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |