Holyhead, United Kingdom

Holyhead, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 53.3060°, -4.6304°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Holyhead is a historic port town, and is the largest town and a community in the county of the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and is separated from Anglesey island by the narrow Cymyran Strait. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Holyhead, United Kingdom

Cables landing at Holyhead, United Kingdom are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including EXA Infrastructure, Zayo. 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 Holyhead, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Ireland.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Holyhead, 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

• CeltixConnect-1 (CC-1) (2012) — CeltixConnect-1 (CC-1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Ireland and United Kingdom. Landing at Dublin, Holyhead, 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 →
• Emerald Bridge Fibres (2012) — Emerald Bridge Fibres is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Ireland and United Kingdom. Landing at Clonshaugh, Holyhead, 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.