Crap Towns / Eston / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Eston?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Eston couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 88 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 88 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 145 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 15,167 | 96.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 9.0 km | 5.2 |
| Billingham | 8.4 km | 3.4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 11.2 km | 3.1 |
| Skelton | 11.4 km | 2.4 |
| Middlesbrough | 4.3 km | 1.5 |
| Eston | – | 0.9 |
| Guisborough | 7.3 km | 0.9 |
| Ingleby Barwick | 11.8 km | 0.9 |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 11.2 km | 0.8 |
| Redcar | 6.7 km | 0.7 |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 8.9 km | 0.6 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |