Crap Towns / Viewpark / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Viewpark?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Viewpark couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 118 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
A posher name on the bill won't make the broadband any faster.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 118 | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 128 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,257 | 94.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Coatbridge | 3.5 km | 1.7 |
| Viewpark | – | 1.7 |
| Holytown | 5.3 km | 1.1 |
| Uddingston | 1.8 km | 0.9 |
| Bothwell | 2.8 km | 0.8 |
| Hamilton | 6.3 km | 0.7 |
| Cambuslang | 6.3 km | 0.7 |
| Blantyre | 4.7 km | 0.5 |
| Motherwell | 6.0 km | 0.4 |
| Bellshill | 2.8 km | 0.2 |
| New Stevenston | 5.5 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |