Crap Towns / Meltham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Meltham?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Meltham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 34 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,878 | 96.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Honley | 4.7 km | 1.2 |
| Halifax | 15.2 km | 1.2 |
| Brighouse | 12.9 km | 1.0 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 3.4 km | 1.0 |
| Meltham | – | 0.8 |
| Mossley | 15.0 km | 0.8 |
| Mirfield | 13.7 km | 0.8 |
| Uppermill | 12.1 km | 0.7 |
| Elland | 10.3 km | 0.3 |
| Huddersfield | 7.0 km | 0.3 |
| Lees | 15.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |