Broadstairs, United Kingdom

Broadstairs, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 51.3589°, 1.4394°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about 80 miles (130 km) east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St Peter's, and had a population in 2011 of about 25,000. Situated between Margate and Ramsgate, Broadstairs is one of Thanet's seaside resorts, known as the "jewel in Thanet's crown". The town's coat of arms' Latin motto is Stella Maris. The name derives from a former flight of steps in the chalk cliff, which led from the sands up to the 11th-century shrine of St Mary on the cliff's summit. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Broadstairs, United Kingdom

Cables landing at Broadstairs, United Kingdom are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including BT, Colt, IOEMA Fibre. 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 Broadstairs, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Broadstairs, United Kingdom in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• IOEMA (2028) — IOEMA is a regional submarine cable serving 5 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, Germany. With landing points at Blaabjerg, Broadstairs, Domburg, Eemshaven, Houstrup, and 5 more, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Mercator (2023) — Mercator is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Belgium. Landing at Broadstairs, Ostend, 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 →
• Tangerine (2000) — Tangerine is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Belgium. Landing at Broadstairs, Ostend, 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.