Crap Towns / Wallsend / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wallsend?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Wallsend couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 64 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 64 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 121 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 22,086 | 95.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Seaton Delaval | 7.5 km | 1.6 |
| South Shields | 6.6 km | 1.4 |
| Jarrow | 4.3 km | 0.9 |
| Killingworth | 5.6 km | 0.8 |
| Hebburn | 3.0 km | 0.7 |
| Tynemouth | 3.7 km | 0.7 |
| Wallsend | – | 0.5 |
| Shiremoor | 3.8 km | 0.4 |
| Longbenton | 4.2 km | 0.2 |
| Whitley Bay | 6.0 km | 0.1 |
| Boldon Colliery | 6.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |