Crap Towns / Otley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Otley?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Otley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 20 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 20 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 87 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,148 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Burley in Wharfedale | 3.7 km | 2.7 |
| Otley | – | 1.2 |
| Ilkley | 9.2 km | 0.9 |
| Baildon | 8.5 km | 0.6 |
| Menston | 3.3 km | 0.4 |
| Bingley | 10.6 km | 0.2 |
| Yeadon | 4.7 km | 0.2 |
| Guiseley | 3.7 km | 0.1 |
| Shipley | 9.7 km | 0.1 |
| Pudsey | 11.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| Rawdon | 6.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |