.gov.uk Domain Registration

Register .gov.uk domains for only £20 per year each.

Gov.uk Domain Registration Services for Local Government

Gov.uk domain name registrations, website and email hosting services by nernerd.com, an approved .gov.uk domain registrar.

Gov.uk domains are the official domain names reserved for local, and national UK government organisations. Offering a trusted online identity and presence for public sector entities, and government websites ranging from parish councils all the way up to national government.

The gov.uk domain extension is exclusively reserved for UK government bodies, and gov.uk domains can only be registered and used by eligible organisations.

Netnerd.com are an approved gov.uk registrar allowing us to provide .gov.uk domains to relevant bodies. We’re also the first registrar to fully automate the renewal of .gov.uk domains.

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Register a gov domain name

The full process to register a gov domain name involes a number of steps. We’re here to help you through this process as an approved .gov.uk registrar.

Simply click the button below, and then use the form to let us know that you’d like to obtain a gov domain, and provide any additional information you see fit. We’ll start the domain registration process, guiding you through the steps involved.

.gov.uk domain registration

Renews at £20 per year annually.

.gov.uk domain renewal

Renews at £20 per year annually.

.gov.uk domain transfer

Renews at £20 per year annually.

The full step by step process involved in registering a .gov.uk domain can be found here.

Web Hosting Services

In addition to a domain registration you are likely to need a hosting service. The hosting service allows you to create .gov.uk email addressses and to be able to host a .gov.uk website. We offer a range of hosting packages that vary according to the requirements of the organisation.

Essentials Hosting

Our best value hosting package
Great for small organisations

  • Host 1 website
  • 1GB disk space
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 20 email accounts
  • 4 databases
  • Free SSL certificates/all domains
  • Free Daily backups
  • Free easy website builder
Unlimited Hosting

Or only £49.99 per year
Ideal for mid sized organisations

  • Host 2 websites
  • Unlimited disk space
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • Unlimited email accounts
  • Unlimited databases
  • Free SSL certificates/all domains
  • Free Daily backups
  • Optimsied for WordPress sites

Multisite Web Hosting

Or only £89.99 per year
Ideal for organisations hosting multiple websites

  • Host unlimted websites
  • Unlimited disk space
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • Unlimited email addresses
  • Unlimited databases
  • Free SSL certificates/all domains
  • Free Daily backups
  • Optimsied for WordPress sites
  • One click installer
  • Free easy website builder

Professional Hosting

or £299.90 / year
Ideal for larger organisations

  • Host unlimited websites
  • 100GB disk space
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • Unlimited .gov.uk email addresses
  • Unlimited databases
  • Free SSL certificate for each site
  • 400% CPU core 4GB RAM
  • Free Daily backups
  • Optimsied for WordPress sites
  • One click installer

All the hosting packages we provide conform to the following:

  • UK based datacenter
  • Cloud hosting
  • UK base customer support
  • 99.99% uptime guarantee
  • Automatic backups
  • Optimised for performance
  • Free SSL certificates (automatic installation and renewal)
  • Firewall protected
  • DDoS protected
  • mod_security protection
  • cPanel hosting platform
  • One click script installer

(all quoted prices exclude VAT)

Organisations Eligible for a .gov.uk Domain

Your organisation must meet specific eligibility requirements set by the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) to be able to register a .gov.uk domain. The following types of organisations are eligible to apply for .gov.uk domains:

UK Central Government Departments

Includes all central government agencies and departments.

Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBS)

Public organisations or agencies that operate independently but are funded and accountable to a government department.

Parish, town or community councils

The most local tier of government, responsible for representing and delivering services to small geographical areas.

District, borough, city or county councils

Local authorities responsible for delivering services and governing specific geographic areas.

Fire services

Public organizations responsible for fire prevention, fire fighting, and emergency rescue operations.

Police and crime commissioners

Elected officials responsible for overseeing the police force within a specific police area.

Combined or unitary authorities

Local government structures that have been created to streamline governance and improve the delivery of services at a regional or local level.

Joint authorities

Bodies set up to manage specific public services or functions that are better handled collectively by multiple local councils rather than by individual councils.

Partnership bodies

Organizations or groups formed through collaboration between various public, private, and voluntary sector organisations to address specific public service issues or policy areas.

Joint comittees

collaborative groups formed by two or more local authorities (or public bodies) to manage a specific function or service that crosses the boundaries of individual councils.

Organisations representing a group of public sector bodies

Collective entities that bring together multiple public sector organisations to advocate, coordinate, or provide support on behalf of their members.

Organisations representing a profession across public sector bodies

Professional bodies or associations that advocate for the interests of their members, who work in specific professions across various public sector organisations.

Frequently Asked Questions

The hosting package you’ll need is dictaed by the number of email addresses and websites you’ll require.

If you don’t know this, the Unlimited Hosting package covers most usage scenarios. If you’e looking to operate a high resource usage website (such as one providing web services) we’d recommend the Professional Hosting package due to it’s high CPU and RAM availability.

No, you’re not obliged to host services with us. Although we do provide robust hosting services which you’re welcome to use, register you .gov.uk domain and host services with a 3rd party. It’s completely up to you, and how you’d like to operate, we’re very flexible in this capacity.

We’ve historically automated all the domain renewals we’re able to. This eliminates human error, and the automatic renewals provide continous service availability. Automated renewals are provided for convinience, peace of mind and contingecy purposes.

Our plans provide the flexibility to upgrade or downgrade as your requirements change. For example, if you start on our unlimited hosting plan and your needs have grown above the two sites included, you can easily make the switch to our multi-site plan. Conversely, if you are on the multi-site plan and you need to reduce the number of sites below 3, you can downgrade to the unlimited plan.

Our Professional, Unlimited and Multisite plans include unlimited email accounts. If you opt for our Essentials plan, you can create up to 20 email accounts.

Yes, we provide website creation services. This service covers the initial creation of a website. Should you want us to update and maintiain your website in an ongoing manner, please feel free to contact us for a quotation to cover ongoinb updates.

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