Crap Towns / Scarborough / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Scarborough?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Scarborough couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 20 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 20 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 135 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 31,448 | 91.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Malton | 28.9 km | 1.4 |
| Pickering | 24.4 km | 1.3 |
| Whitby | 28.4 km | 0.8 |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 28.8 km | 0.8 |
| Scarborough | – | 0.4 |
| Driffield | 28.0 km | 0.3 |
| Hornsea | 41.4 km | 0.1 |
| Pocklington | 44.0 km | 0.1 |
| Bridlington | 22.9 km | 0.1 |
| Filey | 8.9 km | 0.1 |
| Beverley | 46.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |