Crap Towns / Honley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Honley?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Honley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 87.4% of premises, 7% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 89 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,227 | 87.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Honley | – | 1.2 |
| Dewsbury | 14.5 km | 1.1 |
| Brighouse | 13.1 km | 1.0 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 7.0 km | 1.0 |
| Meltham | 4.7 km | 0.8 |
| Mirfield | 11.6 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 14.3 km | 0.6 |
| Elland | 11.7 km | 0.3 |
| Huddersfield | 6.9 km | 0.3 |
| Penistone | 12.1 km | 0.1 |
| Heckmondwike | 15.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |