Crap Towns / Eckington / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Eckington?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Eckington couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 34 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,562 | 96.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Waverley and Catcliffe | 9.0 km | 2.3 |
| Sheffield | 9.6 km | 1.6 |
| Killamarsh | 4.0 km | 1.4 |
| Eckington | – | 0.9 |
| Staveley | 5.0 km | 0.8 |
| Kiveton Park | 8.5 km | 0.7 |
| Chesterfield | 8.6 km | 0.6 |
| Clowne | 8.0 km | 0.4 |
| Dronfield | 6.5 km | 0.2 |
| Brimington | 5.9 km | 0.1 |
| Swallownest and Aston | 7.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |