Crap Towns / South Kirkby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in South Kirkby?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in South Kirkby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 66 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 | 66 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 77 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,066 | 95.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| South Kirkby | – | 1.8 |
| South Elmsall | 2.7 km | 1.5 |
| Cudworth and Shafton | 6.2 km | 1.1 |
| Upton | 3.6 km | 0.6 |
| Grimethorpe | 4.4 km | 0.3 |
| Goldthorpe | 7.1 km | 0.3 |
| Darfield | 7.5 km | 0.2 |
| Hemsworth | 2.9 km | 0.2 |
| Havercroft and Ryhill | 6.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| Ackworth Moor Top | 5.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Thurnscoe | 5.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |