.gov.uk TLD audit hub
United Kingdom government second-level domain — restricted to UK central and local government.
The .gov.uk namespace is the UK government second-level zone, administered by the Government Digital Service (GDS). Eligibility is restricted to UK central government departments, agencies, devolved administrations, local councils and a small set of related public bodies. Approval is rigorous; new registrations require GDS sign-off. The namespace operates under the GDS service standard and the .gov.uk style guide, which mandates accessibility, plain-English content, and structured data approaches. DNSSEC is supported and the registry-side security baseline is high. SEO treats .gov.uk as an extremely strong authority signal — UK government services sites are among the most trusted destinations on the open web from a link-graph and user-trust standpoint. Email deliverability is excellent. We pay attention to WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance and the GDS pattern library when auditing .gov.uk sites; both are statutory and policy requirements.