Crap Towns / Seaton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Seaton?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Seaton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 24 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,246 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Dumfries | 45.9 km | 1.3 |
| Seaton | – | 1.0 |
| Annan | 40.4 km | 0.9 |
| Workington | 2.9 km | 0.6 |
| Cockermouth | 10.8 km | 0.6 |
| Maryport | 6.2 km | 0.4 |
| Carlisle | 45.5 km | 0.4 |
| Cleator Moor | 15.7 km | 0.4 |
| Egremont | 19.8 km | 0.1 |
| Wigton | 29.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Whitehaven | 13.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |