Crap Towns / Gomersal and Birkenshaw / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Gomersal and Birkenshaw?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Gomersal and Birkenshaw couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 39 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,219 | 98.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 6.3 km | 1.2 |
| Brighouse | 8.2 km | 1.0 |
| Cleckheaton | 3.5 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 5.2 km | 0.6 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | – | 0.6 |
| Drighlington | 2.3 km | 0.4 |
| Morley | 6.4 km | 0.3 |
| Batley | 5.3 km | 0.3 |
| Gildersome | 4.1 km | 0.2 |
| Pudsey | 5.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Heckmondwike | 4.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |