legislation.gov.uk
legislation.gov.uk is ranked #3,413 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 83 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on May 9, 2005, 21 years, 5 months ago, through The Stationery Office Ltd, and is paid up until May 9, 2027. Its homepage uses jQuery and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Amazon CloudFront by Apache.
Popularity rank
#3,413 of the top 1 million sites in the Tranco research ranking, which averages several traffic and DNS sources over 30 days. Best rank in the period shown: #3,399.
Domain registration
- Registered
- May 9, 2005 (21 years, 5 months ago)
- Expires
- May 9, 2027
- Registrar
- The Stationery Office Ltd
- Name servers
ns-1469.awsdns-55.org,ns-1798.awsdns-32.co.uk,ns-356.awsdns-44.com,ns-526.awsdns-01.net- DNSSEC
- Not signed
From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.
Technology stack
Detected from the homepage HTML and response headers on Oct 14, 2026. Tools loaded only after scripts run (or after consent banners) may be missing.
Homepage SEO check
Checked from the HTML our scanner received on Oct 14, 2026. Content added later by JavaScript isn't counted.
15 passed · 7 warnings · 1 failed
Content
- ✓Title18 characters
- !Meta description333 characters — aim for 50–170
- ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
- ✓Subheadings12 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 2 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 590 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- !Canonical URLMissing
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- !Language attributeMissing
- !Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata
Social sharing
- ✕Open GraphMissing
- !Twitter / X cardMissing
Technical
- ✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
- ✓Mobile viewportFound
- ✓FaviconFound
- ✓Character encodingutf-8
Security headers
- ✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
- ✓Content-Security-PolicySet
- ✓Clickjacking protectionSet
- !X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
- !Referrer-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
Apache- Response time
- 4.22 s (first byte 4.22 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 18 KB
- Compression
- gzip
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|---|---|---|
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| #3,411 | artstation.com | 2005 |
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Questions about legislation.gov.uk
How popular is legislation.gov.uk?
legislation.gov.uk is #3,413 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is legislation.gov.uk?
legislation.gov.uk was registered on May 9, 2005, which makes the domain 21 years, 5 months old.
What is legislation.gov.uk built with?
We detected jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Amazon CloudFront and Apache on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of legislation.gov.uk?
The Stationery Office Ltd, according to the registry's RDAP record.