Crap Towns / Falkirk / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Falkirk?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Falkirk couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 27 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 27 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 280 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 17,987 | 92.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | – | 1.4 |
| Denny | 8.0 km | 1.2 |
| Grangemouth | 4.8 km | 1.2 |
| Larbert | 4.2 km | 0.9 |
| Polmont | 4.8 km | 0.3 |
| Bonnybridge | 6.3 km | 0.3 |
| Linlithgow | 11.6 km | 0.3 |
| Bo'ness | 10.9 km | 0.3 |
| Alloa | 12.5 km | 0.3 |
| Bannockburn | 12.7 km | 0.0 |
| Stenhousemuir | 3.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |