Crap Towns / Seaton Delaval / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Seaton Delaval?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Seaton Delaval couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 70 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,935 | 91.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Seaton Delaval | – | 1.6 |
| Wideopen | 7.4 km | 1.0 |
| Killingworth | 4.8 km | 0.8 |
| Tynemouth | 7.0 km | 0.7 |
| Wallsend | 7.5 km | 0.5 |
| Cramlington | 5.1 km | 0.5 |
| Shiremoor | 3.8 km | 0.4 |
| Longbenton | 6.2 km | 0.2 |
| Blyth | 5.8 km | 0.2 |
| Whitley Bay | 4.2 km | 0.1 |
| Bedlington | 8.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |