Crap Towns / Middlesbrough / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Middlesbrough?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Middlesbrough couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 536 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 536 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,129 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 69,559 | 94.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 5.0 km | 5.2 |
| Egglescliffe | 9.6 km | 3.5 |
| Billingham | 6.6 km | 3.4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 7.7 km | 3.1 |
| Middlesbrough | – | 1.5 |
| Eston | 4.3 km | 0.9 |
| Guisborough | 10.4 km | 0.9 |
| Ingleby Barwick | 7.5 km | 0.9 |
| Yarm | 10.2 km | 0.7 |
| Redcar | 10.9 km | 0.7 |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 13.2 km | 0.6 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |