Crap Towns / Grimsby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Grimsby?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Grimsby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 110 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 110 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 395 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 40,263 | 97.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Humberston and New Waltham | 5.7 km | 5.7 |
| Immingham | 9.4 km | 3.0 |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 26.4 km | 2.4 |
| Louth | 22.8 km | 1.2 |
| Grimsby | – | 1.0 |
| Waltham | 5.6 km | 0.7 |
| Cleethorpes | 4.3 km | 0.7 |
| Brigg | 26.0 km | 0.4 |
| Withernsea | 20.3 km | less than 0.1 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 27.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Hedon | 20.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |