Crap Towns / Skelton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Skelton?
In January 2026, 2.4% of premises in Skelton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 77.8% of premises, 17% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 83 | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,671 | 77.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brotton | 2.5 km | 6.4 |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 20.4 km | 5.2 |
| Billingham | 19.5 km | 3.4 |
| Skelton | – | 2.4 |
| Middlesbrough | 15.4 km | 1.5 |
| Eston | 11.4 km | 0.9 |
| Guisborough | 6.1 km | 0.9 |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 2.0 km | 0.8 |
| Hartlepool | 20.6 km | 0.7 |
| Redcar | 8.2 km | 0.7 |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 4.6 km | 0.6 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |