Crap Towns / Hoyland / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hoyland?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in Hoyland couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 45 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.2% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 45 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 136 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,507 | 85.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wath upon Dearne | 6.9 km | 4.0 |
| Hoyland | – | 1.8 |
| Chapeltown and High Green | 4.8 km | 1.4 |
| Dodworth | 7.3 km | 1.3 |
| Barnsley | 6.6 km | 0.6 |
| Ecclesfield and Grenoside | 6.7 km | 0.5 |
| Worsbrough | 3.7 km | 0.5 |
| Wombwell | 3.4 km | 0.2 |
| Darfield | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| Rawmarsh | 7.9 km | 0.1 |
| Bolton upon Dearne | 8.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |