Crap Towns / Holytown / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Holytown?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Holytown couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 28 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,449 | 94.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Coatbridge | 4.9 km | 1.7 |
| Viewpark | 5.3 km | 1.7 |
| Holytown | – | 1.1 |
| Wishaw | 6.5 km | 1.0 |
| Airdrie | 4.2 km | 0.9 |
| Bothwell | 6.8 km | 0.8 |
| Motherwell | 4.2 km | 0.4 |
| Newarthill | 2.0 km | 0.2 |
| Bellshill | 3.0 km | 0.2 |
| Chapelhall | 2.3 km | 0.0 |
| New Stevenston | 1.9 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |