Crap Towns / Thornton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Thornton?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Thornton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,541 | 96.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 7.5 km | 1.2 |
| Bradford | 5.3 km | 1.2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 5.6 km | 1.1 |
| Brighouse | 10.4 km | 1.0 |
| Keighley | 9.6 km | 0.8 |
| Baildon | 7.7 km | 0.6 |
| Queensbury | 2.9 km | 0.6 |
| Haworth | 8.2 km | 0.6 |
| Bingley | 7.0 km | 0.2 |
| Shipley | 6.8 km | 0.1 |
| Thornton | – | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |