Crap Towns / Scunthorpe / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Scunthorpe?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Scunthorpe couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 31 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 31 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 74 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 38,334 | 98.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Barton-upon-Humber | 18.0 km | 2.4 |
| Gainsborough | 21.7 km | 0.9 |
| Thorne | 21.3 km | 0.8 |
| Brigg | 11.0 km | 0.4 |
| Scunthorpe | – | 0.2 |
| Goole | 20.5 km | 0.1 |
| Dunscroft and Hatfield | 24.1 km | 0.1 |
| Moorends | 20.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Brough | 17.1 km | 0.0 |
| Hessle | 20.8 km | 0.0 |
| Willerby and Anlaby | 23.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |