In the over-connected world it's easy to forget that not everyone makes use of the Internet.
A number of major UK towns and cities fall below the national average for regular Internet use while five million UK adults (10 per cent) have never used the Internet, a new study found.
Blackpool the worst UK city to live in to stay connected to the modern world, according to the Keep Me Posted campaign and research from the Office for National Statistics. Nearly a third (31 per cent) of Blackpool’s population have either never used the Internet or used it more than three months ago.
In the 12 cities listed below, the data shows the percentage and the number of the population who have either never used the Internet or last used it more than three months ago
12. Plymouth - 13.6 per cent 29,000 people.
11. Leicester - 14.3 per cent and 36,000.
10. York - 14.5 per and 25,000 .
09. Sheffield - 15.7 per cent and 72,000 people.
08. Durham - 16.2 per cent and 68,000 people
07. Glasgow - 16.6 per cent and 82,000 people
Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow: A public square in the city, and home to the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and the humours Duke of Wellington statue, often spotted with a traffic cone on his head
06. Luton - 17.5 per cent and 152,000 people
08. Birmingham - 17.7 per cent and 42,000 people
05. Sunderland - 18.1 per cent and 42, 000
04. Swansea - 19.8 per cent and 39,000 people
The spectacular Sailbridge in Swansea
03. Liverpool - 19.8 per cent and 77,000 people
A member of the public rides a zip wire above shoppers in Church Street in Liverpool. Riders launch from a 35 metre hight tower and fly above one of the city's busiest shopping streets
02. Belfast - 23.5 per cent and 51,000 people
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(via Iker Merodio/Creative Commons/Flickr)
01. Blackpool - 31 per cent and 36,000 people
