London VPS hosting in the United Kingdom

The street address is 724-729 Dundee Rd, on the Slough Trading Estate. That puts LON-01 west of London, so this is not a central London server. Leaseweb does have a site in the city, LON-12 at Wapping Lane, but its VPS configurator offers LON-01. Leaseweb publishes a speed test host for each, so use lon1, the one on this page, and not lon12. Leaseweb lists LON-01 as Tier III, and its page for the building counts 3 carriers and 4 Internet Exchanges.

Exchanges and cables around London

London's exchange history is in the Docklands. Telehouse says its Telehouse North building opened there in 1990 as the first purpose-built colocation data centre in Europe, and has been home to LINX since 1994. LINX was founded that year by five ISPs and describes itself as a member-owned, not-for-profit exchange.

On 5 November 2026 PeeringDB listed 834 networks on LINX LON1, which LINX calls its original and largest exchange, and 317 on LON2. LONAP, which calls itself a not-for-profit exchange based in London, had 305. Long-haul cables reach the UK far from the city: TeleGeography lists 8 in-service systems at Bude in Cornwall, among them Grace Hopper (United States, Spain), Amitie (United States, France) and 2Africa.

London against Amsterdam

If your audience is split between the UK and the EU, you will probably compare these two. Prices differ because Leaseweb's own costs differ, and the gap changes from plan to plan. Here are the monthly prices, with traffic:

UK and Ireland first

Put a server here for users in the UK and Ireland, then Western Europe. It is also a reasonable choice for an audience split between Europe and the US East Coast, since transatlantic cables land in the UK.

City facts describe the place, not this service, and we claim no connection to any exchange or cable named here. Figures with no date were read in November 2026. Sources: LINX, LONAP, Telehouse, PeeringDB, TeleGeography, Leaseweb.