Crap Towns / Hartlepool / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hartlepool?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Hartlepool couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 36 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 | 36 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 341 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 45,381 | 98.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 15.5 km | 5.2 |
| Billingham | 10.2 km | 3.4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 14.3 km | 3.1 |
| Wingate | 11.4 km | 2.4 |
| Middlesbrough | 15.0 km | 1.5 |
| Eston | 13.8 km | 0.9 |
| Hartlepool | – | 0.7 |
| Redcar | 12.5 km | 0.7 |
| Horden | 11.0 km | 0.5 |
| Easington | 13.7 km | 0.1 |
| Peterlee | 12.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |