Crap Towns / Wishaw / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wishaw?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Wishaw couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 88 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 88 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 157 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,455 | 93.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Holytown | 6.5 km | 1.1 |
| Wishaw | – | 1.0 |
| Hamilton | 8.2 km | 0.7 |
| Larkhall | 5.5 km | 0.7 |
| Motherwell | 4.4 km | 0.4 |
| Newarthill | 5.0 km | 0.2 |
| Bellshill | 7.5 km | 0.2 |
| Carluke | 7.6 km | 0.2 |
| Newmains | 3.4 km | 0.1 |
| Chapelhall | 7.6 km | 0.0 |
| New Stevenston | 5.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |