www.gov.uk
Mixed
Results vary across www.gov.uk: of 31 URLs tested, 19 are disrupted some of the time, 11 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. 685 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-10-30, the most recent on 2026-07-18.
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://www.gov.ukIntermittenthttps://www.gov.ukNot blockedPages and subdomains (29)
https://www.gov.uk/world/chinaIntermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/world/taiwanIntermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/chinaas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/hong-kongas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/topic/personal-tax/self-assessmentas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agencyas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobs-and-skills-in-2030Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/hong-kong/renewing_new/adultas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/hong-kong-response-is-censored.zhas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigrationas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk:80/government/organisations/uk-hydrographic-officeNot enough datahttps://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-indian-ocean-territoryas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-officeas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-survey-2016Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-officeIntermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/six-monthly-reports-on-hong-kongas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/hong-kong-hong-kong-myth-busting-articleNot blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/freedom-of-expression-in-china.zhas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-hong-kong-november-2020as of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/hong-kong-hong-kong-myth-busting-article.zhIntermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/bno-visa-route-response-to-misleading-claimsas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-saddened-at-death-of-chinese-activist-cao-shunlias of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/hugo-swire-comments-on-uk-china-human-rights-dialogueas of 2026Intermittenthttp://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statisticsIntermittenthttp://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388144/qep_224.xlsas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-declares-breach-of-sino-british-joint-declarationIntermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-office-concerned-by-detention-of-womens-rights-activists-in-china.zhas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-livesas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meta-evaluation-of-the-impacts-and-legacy-of-the-london-2012-olympic-games-and-paralympic-games-developing-methods-paperas of 2026IntermittentAbout www.gov.uk and the Great Firewall
Results vary across www.gov.uk: of 31 URLs tested, 19 are disrupted some of the time, 11 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. 685 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-10-30, the most recent on 2026-07-18.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://www.gov.uk is intermittent, https://www.gov.uk is not blocked. 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
www.gov.uk is ranked #288 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).
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Most-blocked .gov.uk domainsEvery tested URL under www.gov.uk
Each URL's status is its verdict over the last 90 days, the same one its own page headlines.