Crap Towns / Huddersfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Huddersfield?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Huddersfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 29 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 29 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 176 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 65,932 | 96.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Honley | 6.9 km | 1.2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 10.8 km | 1.1 |
| Brighouse | 6.3 km | 1.0 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 5.5 km | 1.0 |
| Meltham | 7.0 km | 0.8 |
| Mirfield | 7.1 km | 0.8 |
| Cleckheaton | 9.9 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 8.9 km | 0.6 |
| Elland | 5.2 km | 0.3 |
| Huddersfield | – | 0.3 |
| Heckmondwike | 10.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |