Crap Towns / Pickering / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Pickering?
In January 2026, 1.3% of premises in Pickering couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 37 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 37 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 60 | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,129 | 89.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Strensall | 28.6 km | 2.6 |
| Malton | 11.9 km | 1.4 |
| Pickering | – | 1.3 |
| Easingwold | 30.3 km | 1.3 |
| Huntington | 33.8 km | 1.0 |
| Whitby | 28.0 km | 0.8 |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 13.0 km | 0.8 |
| Haxby | 32.1 km | 0.6 |
| Scarborough | 24.4 km | 0.4 |
| Driffield | 34.7 km | 0.3 |
| Filey | 31.8 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |