Crap Towns / York / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in York?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in York couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 31 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 31 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,273 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 65,412 | 93.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Strensall | 9.5 km | 2.6 |
| York | – | 1.8 |
| Wetherby | 19.8 km | 1.5 |
| Easingwold | 19.6 km | 1.3 |
| Huntington | 4.1 km | 1.0 |
| Boston Spa | 18.3 km | 0.7 |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 20.5 km | 0.7 |
| Haxby | 6.4 km | 0.6 |
| Tadcaster | 14.9 km | 0.3 |
| Pocklington | 20.5 km | 0.1 |
| Selby | 19.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |