Blackpool, United Kingdom

Blackpool, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 53.8087°, -3.0508°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Blackpool, United Kingdom

Cables landing at Blackpool, United Kingdom are operated by 6 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bulk Infrastructure, EXA Infrastructure, Manx Electricity Authority, Meta, Virgin Media Business, Vodafone. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Blackpool, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Ireland, Isle of Man.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Blackpool, United Kingdom in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Havhingsten/CeltixConnect-2 (CC-2) (2022) — Havhingsten/CeltixConnect-2 (CC-2) is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, Isle of Man. With landing points at Blackpool, LoughShinny, Port Erin, Port Grenaugh, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• E-LLAN (2007) — E-LLAN is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Isle of Man. Landing at Blackpool, Douglas, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Sirius South (1999) — Sirius South is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Ireland. Landing at Blackpool, Dublin, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Lanis-1 (1992) — Lanis-1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Isle of Man. Landing at Blackpool, Port Grenaugh, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.