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Who hosts www.bbc.co.uk?

www.bbc.co.uk is behind Fastly, which hides the origin host. DNS is self-hosted. Email by Broadcom Email Security.

Checked 16 Oct 2026 at 21:29 UTC

  1. Domainwww.bbc.co.uk
  2. DNSSelf-hosted
  3. EmailBroadcom Email Security
  4. CDNFastly
  5. Server151.101.0.81

Server

Anycast: nearest of many locations

151.101.0.81

Fastly, Inc. · AS54113

🇺🇸San Francisco, United States

Checks

3 of 5 checks pass

Warnings are worth a look, but nothing is broken.

Hosting provider

Low confidence

Fastly

CDN

Origin host hidden. A CDN answers for this site and hides the origin server, so the real host is not visible from outside.

  • CDN
    Fastlyfastly.com

    Answers every request and forwards it to an origin server it does not reveal. The IP address below belongs to the CDN.

  • Network
    FastlyAS54113 · 151.101.0.0/22fastly.com

    Owns the IP address that answered our lookup.

How we know

3 signals
  • NetworkAS54113Fastly
  • CNAMEbbc.map.fastly.netFastly
  • Headerx-served-by: cache-bma-essb1270070-BMAFastly

IP & network

151.101.0.81 · San Francisco

IP address
151.101.0.81
Network
Fastly, Inc.AS54113 · hosting
Route
151.101.0.0/22
Location
San Francisco, California, United StatesAnycast: where our lookup landed
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles

This is an anycast address: many locations announce it, and each visitor reaches the nearest one. The location above is only where our lookup landed.

Coordinates, postal code and company

Geolocation describes the network's registered location, not a street address. For a data center IP the postal code and coordinates are approximate.

Coordinates
37.7621,-122.3971
Postal code
94107
Country code
US

DNS records

5 records in 2 types

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  • A

    4 records

    IPv4 addresses the name points to

    • 151.101.0.81
    • 151.101.64.81
    • 151.101.128.81
    • 151.101.192.81
  • CNAME

    1 record

    Alias of another hostname

    • www.bbc.co.uk.pri.bbc.co.uk

SSL certificate

Valid, 99 days left
Today
Issued21 Aug 2026Expires24 Jan 2027
Status
Valid certificateTrusted by browsers and covers www.bbc.co.uk. Expires in 99 days.
Issuer
GlobalSign nv-sa (GlobalSign GCC R46 OV TLS CA 2025)
Common name
www.bbc.com
Organization
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Protocol
TLSv1.3
Valid from
August 21, 2026 at 11:32 AM UTC
Valid to
January 24, 2027 at 05:46 AM UTCExpires in 99 days

Covered hostnames

22 names
  • www.bbc.com
  • account.bbc.com
  • session.bbc.com
  • account.bbc.co.uk
  • bbc.co.uk
  • bbcrussian.com
  • cdnedge.bbc.co.uk
  • news.bbc.co.uk
  • news.bbcimg.co.uk
  • newsimg.bbc.co.uk
  • newsrss.bbc.co.uk
  • newsvote.bbc.co.uk
Show 10 more hostnames
  • node1.bbcimg.co.uk
  • open.live.bbc.co.uk
  • playlists.bbc.co.uk
  • r.bbci.co.uk
  • search.bbc.co.uk
  • session.bbc.co.uk
  • www.bbc.co.uk
  • www.bbcrussian.com
  • wwwnews.live.bbc.co.uk
  • bbc.com

Certificate chain

4 certificates

  1. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (www.bbc.com)

    Server certificate · Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa (GlobalSign GCC R46 OV TLS CA 2025) · Valid to 24 Jan 2027

  2. GlobalSign nv-sa (GlobalSign GCC R46 OV TLS CA 2025)

    Intermediate · Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa (GlobalSign Root R46) · Valid to 23 Jun 2029

  3. GlobalSign nv-sa (GlobalSign Root R46)

    Intermediate · Issued by GlobalSign · Valid to 18 Mar 2029

  4. GlobalSign

    Root · Valid to 18 Mar 2029

Serial number and fingerprints
Serial number
6E7A1A3BCC16CED3408380B0
SHA-256
4F:E2:79:9F:2E:3D:4F:BA:E8:76:9D:E9:74:7D:B0:46:C2:1E:D0:44:81:EB:1E:1C:FC:38:52:D7:93:7F:A2:75
SHA-1
A5:64:AC:3E:EF:9B:46:37:2C:D2:23:28:C0:C5:9A:0A:A1:76:CA:5E

Domain registration

Registered 13 Dec 1994

Expires in 2,979 days

Registration data for bbc.co.uk, from the registry's RDAP or WHOIS service.

Today
Registered13 Dec 1994Expires13 Dec 2034
Registrar
British Broadcasting Corporation
Registered
13 Dec 199431 years, 10 months old
Expires
13 Dec 2034Expires in 2,979 days
Last updated
29 Oct 2025
DNSSEC
Unsigned
Abuse email
nominet.admins@bbc.co.uk

Nameservers

8 nameservers
  • ddns0.bbc.co.uk
  • ddns0.bbc.com
  • ddns1.bbc.co.uk
  • ddns1.bbc.com
  • dns0.bbc.co.uk
  • dns0.bbc.com
  • dns1.bbc.co.uk
  • dns1.bbc.com

Source:rdap.nominet.uk

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