Apply for a gov.uk domain

Domain name details

Who is the domain for? *

Central government department or agency

Non-departmental body – also known as an arm’s length body

Parish or community council

Town, county, borough, metropolitan or district council

Neighbourhood or village council

Fire service

Combined or unitary authority

Police and crime commissioner

Joint authority

Joint committee

Organisation representing a group of public sector bodies

Organisation representing a profession across public sector bodies

Choose a gov.uk domain name

A gov.uk domain name must clearly describe your registrant’s organisation or government initiative. You must check if the proposed gov.uk domain is available to request by using the Nominet lookup tool.

Follow rules on how to choose a gov.uk domain name.

Enter the gov.uk domain name *

Organisation Name *

Contact details

This contact needs to be a current employee of the organisation, who we can get in touch with if needed to discuss this application.

First name *

Last name *

Organisation *

Email *

Phone number *

Registrant Details

These details will be published on the public WHOIS. By doing so, you agree to the GDPR requirements. The email will need to be a gov.uk one, even if it has not been set up yet.

Role name *

Email *

Nameserver details

Primary nameserver and IP address *

Please enter the name and IP address of your primary nameserver

Secondary nameserver(s) and IP address(es) *

Please give the details of at least one and up to nine secondary nameserver(s).

Secondary nameserver(s) and IP address(es)

Cost of a new gov.uk domain name

The cost of registering for a new gov.uk domain is £110 plus VAT. This fee covers the first year of registration and includes the annual maintenance for the domain.

Under the new registry provider, Nominet, domain owners can have multi-year registrations. More information on this can be found on our gov.uk charges page.

Submission receipt

Would you like a copy of your submission? *

Please note: if you are a central government department or agency and would like a domain to host a website, you will need to get an exemption from GDS.

You will need to provide your own nameservers, unless you are a Jisc Member.

Privacy notice

The information above is needed for us to setup this hosted internet service. We’ll use it, as described in our standard privacy notice, to provide the service you’ve requested, manage it and to identify problems or ways to make the service better. We’ll keep the information until we are told that you are no longer the representative for your organisation, or until your organisation no longer wishes Jisc to host the service.