Crap Towns / Livingston / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Livingston?
In January 2026, 2.1% of premises in Livingston couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 286 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 286 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 577 | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 25,609 | 93.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston | – | 2.1 |
| Bathgate | 6.6 km | 0.7 |
| Whitburn | 10.4 km | 0.4 |
| East Calder | 4.8 km | 0.3 |
| Linlithgow | 10.5 km | 0.3 |
| Bo'ness | 14.3 km | 0.3 |
| Broxburn | 5.8 km | 0.1 |
| Blackburn | 6.1 km | 0.1 |
| South Queensferry | 13.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| Armadale | 10.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Kirkliston | 10.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |