Crap Towns / Whitby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Whitby?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Whitby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 86.4% of premises, 8% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 71 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,596 | 86.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brotton | 23.0 km | 6.4 |
| Skelton | 24.8 km | 2.4 |
| Pickering | 28.0 km | 1.3 |
| Eston | 35.8 km | 0.9 |
| Guisborough | 28.8 km | 0.9 |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 25.9 km | 0.8 |
| Whitby | – | 0.8 |
| Redcar | 32.8 km | 0.7 |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 29.0 km | 0.6 |
| Scarborough | 28.4 km | 0.4 |
| Filey | 36.6 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |