Crap Towns / Gildersome / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Gildersome?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Gildersome couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 99.5% of premises, 6% higher than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,100 | 99.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 7.7 km | 1.5 |
| Cleckheaton | 6.6 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 7.1 km | 0.6 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 4.1 km | 0.6 |
| Drighlington | 1.9 km | 0.4 |
| Morley | 2.4 km | 0.3 |
| Batley | 4.1 km | 0.3 |
| East Ardsley | 6.2 km | 0.3 |
| Gildersome | – | 0.2 |
| Pudsey | 6.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| Heckmondwike | 5.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |