Crap Towns / Wingate / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wingate?
In January 2026, 2.4% of premises in Wingate couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 43 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 | 43 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 66 | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,614 | 95.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wingate | – | 2.4 |
| Ferryhill | 12.4 km | 1.2 |
| Seaham | 11.9 km | 1.1 |
| Durham | 14.1 km | 0.9 |
| Hartlepool | 11.4 km | 0.7 |
| Hetton-le-Hole | 11.1 km | 0.6 |
| Houghton-le-Spring | 13.8 km | 0.6 |
| Horden | 5.3 km | 0.5 |
| Murton | 9.6 km | 0.2 |
| Easington | 6.8 km | 0.1 |
| Peterlee | 3.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |