Crap Towns / Wakefield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wakefield?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Wakefield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 57 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 57 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 760 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 46,487 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | – | 1.6 |
| Dewsbury | 8.5 km | 1.1 |
| Horbury | 4.1 km | 0.6 |
| Normanton | 6.6 km | 0.6 |
| Morley | 9.2 km | 0.3 |
| Crigglestone and Durkar | 4.9 km | 0.3 |
| East Ardsley | 5.5 km | 0.3 |
| Rothwell | 7.7 km | 0.2 |
| Ossett | 4.6 km | 0.2 |
| Crofton | 5.4 km | 0.1 |
| Havercroft and Ryhill | 9.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |