.UK Introduction

.uk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As of March 2012, it is the fourth most popular top-level domain worldwide (after .com, .de and .net), with over 10 million registrations.

New registrations directly under .uk are generally not permitted. Instead, registrations are made under a selection of second-level domains.

General Country Information
Location Europe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Country/Region United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital London
Languages English
Currency Pound sterling (GBP)
Internet TLD .uk
Additional .UK Information
Minimum characters 3
Maximum characters: 65
Number of years allowed for registration 0.0
Number of years allowed for renew 0.0
Number of years allowed for transfer-in 0.0
Requirements

It is prohibited to register a domain name directly under the ccTLD .uk. No restrictions for .co.uk, .me.uk, and .org.uk; other subdomains have differing restrictions