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nationalarchives.gov.uk

Category: Education, Government, Legal, Reference

Scanned: Jul 16, 2026, 07:23 AM UTC · First seen: Jul 16, 2026 · Threat Engines: 1 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
84 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of nationalarchives.gov.uk Captured Jul 16, 2026
https://nationalarchives.gov.uk
Screenshot of nationalarchives.gov.uk
29 years
Very Popular - #4,563 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Flagged by 1 of 91 engine
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Paris, France
nginx
Unknown
13.227.231.21
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered August 1, 1996
Expires Unknown
Name Servers dns1.nic.uk.
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
1
1 of 91 engines flagged this website Flagged by 1 security vendor at the time of scanning
Not flagged Flagged
Flagged by 1 of 91 engines
Direct Threat Database Sources
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File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
102 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
71
High Risk
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/# 49.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/# 69.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/# 34.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/# 76.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/# 57.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/# 85.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/# 73.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/privacy.htm 76.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/# 45.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/freedom-of-information/# 41.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.http-redirect 106 B No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-T8DSWV 268 B No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/foireleasesnews.xml 4.0 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/news.xml 77.6 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xml 679.6 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/static/manifest.json 2.5 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/static/main.css?v=26.07.15.1807 131.1 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/static/main.min.js?v=26.07.15.1807 47.0 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/static/font-awesome.css?v=26.07.15.1807 76.1 KB No threats
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/static/print.css?v=26.07.15.1807 3.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
1153
External Links
1 Flagged
1
Iframes
Clean
85
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
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caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.ukFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://dcdcconference.com/Not flagged
http://dcdcconference.com/faq/Not flagged
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/?page%3D1Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/?page%3D12Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/?page%3D2Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/?page%3D5Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/?year%3D2025Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/?year%3D2026Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/aNot flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/about-us/Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/about-us/get-involved/Not flagged
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work/Not flagged
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caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.ukFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
app.smartify.orgNot flagged
archives.wordpress.stir.ac.ukNot flagged
beta.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
blog.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
britishlibrary.typepad.co.ukNot flagged
cdn.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
dcdcconference.comNot flagged
denbighshirearchives.wordpress.comNot flagged
design-system.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
elearning.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
fonts.googleapis.comNot flagged
fonts.gstatic.comNot flagged
ftna.org.ukNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-T8DSWV" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
nationalarchives.gov.uk Overview

Description of nationalarchives.gov.uk

nationalarchives.gov.uk appears to be the official website of The National Archives in the United Kingdom. Based on the domain, page title, and visible homepage content, the site provides access to historical records, research tools, educational resources, exhibitions, and visitor information related to UK archival collections. The homepage messaging, including "Explore 1,000 years of history," aligns with a public-sector archive and reference service.

The domain uses the .gov.uk namespace, which is generally associated with UK government bodies, and multiple web-classification sources categorize it as government, legal, education, and reference content. The site appears to serve researchers, students, educators, historians, and members of the public seeking archival materials, catalog access, and institutional guidance.

Safety Assessment for nationalarchives.gov.uk

This domain shows several positive trust indicators at the time of this scan. It is a long-established government-domain property with a strong traffic rank, and it was categorized by multiple web-classification providers as a government, education, or reference website. Malware and threat-database checks were largely clean, with 1 out of 91 security engines flagging the domain while the broader blacklist checks did not indicate phishing or malware listings.

There was also a generic suspicious verdict in one malware scan affecting multiple pages and a referenced subdomain, but the threat name shown was a broad heuristic pattern rather than a specific malware family. In context, that kind of isolated heuristic result may reflect a false positive, especially when weighed against the domain's age, government branding, clean blacklist status, and the absence of broader multi-engine consensus.

Based on available data, the site appears legitimate and no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the isolated engine flag and heuristic findings suggest a small degree of caution is still reasonable.

Technical Description

The site presented a valid SSL/TLS certificate at the time of scanning, issued through Amazon infrastructure, with expiry listed as 2026-12-02. It appears to be served through AWS CloudFront with an nginx web server, which is consistent with a modern content-delivery setup for a high-traffic public website. The resolved server IP geolocated to Paris, France, which may reflect CDN edge delivery rather than the origin server location.

The domain is approximately 29 years old, which is a strong stability signal, and it uses multiple nic.uk nameservers. DNSSEC status was not available in the provided data, so that control could not be confirmed from this scan alone. No major infrastructure-level security issues were evident from the supplied scan results.

HTTP Redirect Chain
302 https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/
200 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Website Insights
#4,563
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education, Government, Legal, Reference
Rank History (30 days)
Jun 8 Jul 15
2 cookies detected
Essential2
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
2 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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