service.gov.uk
Mixed
Results vary across service.gov.uk: of 4 URLs tested, 1 is disrupted some of the time and 3 load normally. 38 tests have been run under this domain since 2020-02-09, the most recent on 2026-07-30.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://service.gov.ukNot blockedhttps://service.gov.ukIntermittentPages and subdomains (2)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.ukas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.passport.service.gov.uk/apply/application-summaryas of 2026Not blockedAbout service.gov.uk and the Great Firewall
Results vary across service.gov.uk: of 4 URLs tested, 1 is disrupted some of the time and 3 load normally. 38 tests have been run under this domain since 2020-02-09, the most recent on 2026-07-30.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://service.gov.uk is not blocked, https://service.gov.uk is intermittent. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
Elsewhere on the site
service.gov.uk is ranked #649 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).
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