Gump of Spurness, United Kingdom

Gump of Spurness: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Gump of Spurness is a submarine cable landing point located in the United Kingdom. As a coastal landing site, it forms part of the United Kingdom's distributed network of submarine cable infrastructure. One submarine cable currently lands at Gump of Spurness: the R100 North cable, which connects points entirely within the United Kingdom and therefore serves a domestic intra-national corridor rather than an intercontinental or cross-border one.

The R100 North cable, with a route length of 224 kilometres, represents a domestic connectivity link between UK locations. This places Gump of Spurness in the category of a regionally focused landing point, supporting connectivity within the United Kingdom rather than bridging international borders. The cable reached ready-for-service status in 2023, making Gump of Spurness a relatively recent addition to the UK's submarine cable landing infrastructure.

Cables Landing at Gump of Spurness

R100 North is a 224-kilometre submarine cable with a ready-for-service date of 2023, currently at draft status. Both endpoints of the R100 North cable are located within the United Kingdom, making it a purely domestic submarine cable. At 224 kilometres in length, it provides an undersea connection between UK locations, with Gump of Spurness serving as one of its terminal landing points.

Regional Context

Within the United Kingdom, Gump of Spurness is among the smaller landing points by cable count, hosting a single cable compared to peers such as Bude, which lands seven cables, or Blackpool, Southport, and Holyhead, which land three, three, and two cables respectively. Its single-cable profile places it alongside Lowestoft and Portsmouth, each of which also hosts two cables, though Gump of Spurness currently lands only one. As a single-cable landing point focused on domestic connectivity, it occupies a more specialised position within the broader UK submarine cable geography.

Network Role

Gump of Spurness functions as a single-cable terminus rather than a multi-cable hub. The R100 North cable, connecting points within the United Kingdom, means that this landing point serves a domestic networking role, extending submarine cable reach to a coastal location that might otherwise rely solely on terrestrial infrastructure. The cable's 2023 RFS date indicates that this connectivity is among the more recently established in the UK's submarine cable network.

Within the regional submarine cable graph, Gump of Spurness represents the extension of intra-national submarine cable infrastructure to a location served by a dedicated domestic route, illustrating how submarine cables are used not only for international connectivity but also to link domestic points across open water.