Crap Towns / Mirfield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Mirfield?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Mirfield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 79 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,517 | 97.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Dewsbury | 4.3 km | 1.1 |
| Brighouse | 6.5 km | 1.0 |
| Mirfield | – | 0.8 |
| Cleckheaton | 5.2 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 3.1 km | 0.6 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 8.3 km | 0.6 |
| Drighlington | 8.8 km | 0.4 |
| Batley | 5.9 km | 0.3 |
| Huddersfield | 7.1 km | 0.3 |
| Ossett | 8.2 km | 0.2 |
| Heckmondwike | 4.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |