Crap Towns / Shelf and Northowram / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Shelf and Northowram?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Shelf and Northowram couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 21 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.4% of premises, 6% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 21 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 48 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,906 | 88.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 4.1 km | 1.2 |
| Bradford | 7.1 km | 1.2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | – | 1.1 |
| Brighouse | 5.0 km | 1.0 |
| Cleckheaton | 7.5 km | 0.8 |
| Liversedge | 9.2 km | 0.6 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 8.9 km | 0.6 |
| Queensbury | 3.1 km | 0.6 |
| Elland | 6.2 km | 0.3 |
| Shipley | 10.7 km | 0.1 |
| Thornton | 5.6 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |