Crap Towns / Silsden / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Silsden?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Silsden couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 46 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 46 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 55 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,441 | 97.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Burley in Wharfedale | 12.2 km | 2.7 |
| Silsden | – | 1.2 |
| Steeton | 2.0 km | 1.0 |
| Ilkley | 7.1 km | 0.9 |
| Keighley | 5.2 km | 0.8 |
| Baildon | 12.9 km | 0.6 |
| Haworth | 8.7 km | 0.6 |
| Menston | 13.3 km | 0.4 |
| Bingley | 9.7 km | 0.2 |
| Skipton | 7.4 km | 0.2 |
| Shipley | 14.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |