Landing Point · GB United Kingdom
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Tata TGN-Atlantic South | Active |
| Tata TGN-Western Europe | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-10 through 2026-07-18 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #724 | control probe | 62 | 83.1 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 9 | 251.8 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 9 | 40.7 ms |
| #1015563 own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 4 | 48.7 ms |
| #1016031 own probe | Kyiv UA | 4 | 45.6 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 1 | 101.1 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 1 | 61.0 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 1 | 70.4 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 1 | 79.7 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 1 | 49.4 ms |
| #1015932 own probe | Odessa UA | 1 | 56.0 ms |
Highbridge is a submarine cable landing point located in the United Kingdom, positioned along the country's coastline as part of one of the world's most connected submarine cable networks. Two submarine cables land at Highbridge, collectively linking the United Kingdom to destinations across the North Atlantic and the Iberian Peninsula. These connections place Highbridge within a transatlantic and Western European corridor, supporting long-distance communications between the UK, the United States, Portugal, and Spain.
The two cables terminating at Highbridge are operated under the Tata TGN brand. The Tata TGN-Atlantic South provides a direct transatlantic link to the United States, while the Tata TGN-Western Europe extends southward to Portugal and Spain. Together, these systems give Highbridge a dual role: a transatlantic terminus and a connector to continental Europe's southwestern edge.
The Tata TGN-Atlantic South is a submarine cable measuring 6,830 kilometres in length, with a ready-for-service date of 2001. It connects Highbridge in the United Kingdom to the United States, forming a transatlantic route across the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Tata TGN-Western Europe is a submarine cable measuring 3,578 kilometres in length, with a ready-for-service date of 2002. It connects Highbridge to landing points in Portugal and Spain, establishing a route along the western European coastline and into the Iberian Peninsula.
Within the United Kingdom's submarine cable landscape, which spans 66 cables across 125 landing points, Highbridge sits among a diverse set of coastal landing locations. Compared to peers such as Bude, which hosts eight cables, and Lowestoft, which hosts six, Highbridge's two cables represent a more focused but internationally oriented presence. Nonetheless, Highbridge ranks within the top 95 percent of UK landing points by cable count, reflecting its relevance within this broad national network.
Highbridge functions as a two-cable international hub, connecting the United Kingdom simultaneously to the United States via a transatlantic route and to Portugal and Spain via a Western European route. The combination of the Tata TGN-Atlantic South and Tata TGN-Western Europe at a single landing point means that Highbridge bridges two distinct geographic corridors — the North Atlantic and the southwestern European seaboard — from one coastal location.
Within the broader submarine cable graph of the United Kingdom, Highbridge occupies a specific niche: it is not a high-density multi-cable hub like Bude or Lowestoft, but it offers a pair of long-distance international routes that together span both transatlantic and intra-European connectivity, making its position in the network geographically distinctive.
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