Crap Towns / Keighley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Keighley?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Keighley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 166 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 20,703 | 94.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Burley in Wharfedale | 11.5 km | 2.7 |
| Silsden | 5.2 km | 1.2 |
| Steeton | 4.3 km | 1.0 |
| Ilkley | 8.4 km | 0.9 |
| Keighley | – | 0.8 |
| Baildon | 9.3 km | 0.6 |
| Haworth | 4.4 km | 0.6 |
| Menston | 11.8 km | 0.4 |
| Bingley | 5.7 km | 0.2 |
| Shipley | 10.4 km | 0.1 |
| Thornton | 9.6 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |