Crap Towns / Yarm / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Yarm?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Yarm couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 27 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.3% of premises, 6% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 27 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 37 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,364 | 88.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 6.8 km | 5.2 |
| Egglescliffe | 2.6 km | 3.5 |
| Billingham | 12.0 km | 3.4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 8.2 km | 3.1 |
| Middlesbrough | 10.2 km | 1.5 |
| Northallerton | 18.3 km | 1.3 |
| Darlington | 13.7 km | 1.0 |
| Eston | 14.5 km | 0.9 |
| Guisborough | 19.2 km | 0.9 |
| Ingleby Barwick | 2.7 km | 0.9 |
| Yarm | – | 0.7 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |