Porthcurno, United Kingdom

Porthcurno, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 50.0430°, -5.6545°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Porthcurno, United Kingdom

Cables landing at Porthcurno, United Kingdom are operated by 4 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including BT, FLAG, Sure, 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 Porthcurno, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 14 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include China, Egypt, France, Guernsey, India, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia and 6 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Porthcurno, 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

• Isles of Scilly Cable (2014) — Isles of Scilly Cable is a submarine cable system operating within United Kingdom, with landing points at Porthcressa Beach, Porthcurno. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →
• High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) (2007) — High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: France, Guernsey, United Kingdom. With landing points at Lannion, Pembroke, Porthcurno, Saints Bay, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA) (1997) — FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 12 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 14 landing points — including Alexandria, Aqaba, Estepona, Fujairah, Geoje, and 9 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →

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