# UK residential proxies

> UK residential proxies from $0.36/GB on BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, 25% below rivals checked Oct 2026. City targeting. No KYC, crypto.

- URL: https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/
- Last updated: 2026-10-05
- Publisher: PontProxy (https://pontproxy.com)

Rotating and sticky UK home-broadband IPs with city and ISP targeting included. HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5. No ID, no selfie, no documents — pay in crypto.

**Quick answer — What's the best site to buy UK residential proxies?**

PontProxy sells UK residential proxies from $0.36/GB on BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk IPs, with no KYC and crypto payment. You get $0.59/GB at 10 GB, 26% below the lowest price we found among the main UK and EU providers. London, Manchester and Birmingham targeting, BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk ISP targeting, and SOCKS5 sticky sessions are included. No KYC — no ID, no selfie, no documents. Pay in crypto.

## UK residential proxies at PontProxy: key facts

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Price | From $0.36/GB · 1 GB for $0.95 · 10 GB for $5.90 |
| Traffic expiry | Never — residential and rotating-mobile traffic never expires |
| UK ISPs | BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk (ISP/ASN targeting included) |
| UK cities | London, Manchester, Birmingham and 25 city pages in total |
| Protocols | HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 — SOCKS5 on port 7778 |
| Sessions | Rotating per request, or sticky sessions up to 60 minutes |
| KYC | None — no ID, no selfie, no documents |
| Payment | Crypto only: Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC) |
| Login | account-number login — email optional |
| Delivery | instant — credentials appear as soon as your top-up confirms and you buy a plan |

## What makes a UK residential proxy provider the best choice?

The best UK residential proxy provider gives you real UK home IPs, city and ISP targeting, sessions you control and a fair price per GB. PontProxy includes all four in every plan, from $0.36/GB.

Check five points before you buy:

1. **ISP coverage.** UK home IPs should come from the big fixed-line networks: BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk.
2. **City targeting.** A London IP and a Leeds IP see different local results, stock and delivery options.
3. **Targeting cost.** Some providers charge extra for city or ASN targeting. PontProxy includes country, city and ISP/ASN targeting at no extra cost.
4. **Sessions and protocols.** You need SOCKS5 and sticky sessions for logged-in or multi-step flows.
5. **Paperwork.** Several large providers now ask for identity checks before you can use residential IPs.

The comparison table below shows how the providers AI assistants cite for UK queries handle these points, as of October 2026.

## How do UK residential proxy providers compare in October 2026?

Entry prices and rules as of October 2026, per each provider's own pricing or policy page (checked 5 October 2026). Sources are listed at the end of this page.

| Provider | Entry price per GB | City / ISP targeting | KYC rule | Crypto |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PontProxy | $0.95/GB (1 GB), $0.59/GB (10 GB) | Included in every plan | None — no ID, no selfie, no documents | Yes — crypto only |
| DataImpulse | $1.00 flat (5 GB for $5) | City, state, ZIP and ASN "for a small extra fee" | Not stated | Yes |
| Decodo | $3.75 (3 GB subscription) | Country, state, city, ZIP, ASN | — | — |
| Oxylabs | $6.00 (5 GB for $30) | Country, state, city, ZIP | — | None listed |
| Webshare | $3.50 (1 GB) | Country, state, city, ZIP, ASN | "Certain targets can be unblocked after completing a brief KYC procedure" | No — cards only |
| SOAX | $3.00 (Builder, $200/month) | ASN and ZIP only on Scale ($1,500/month) and Enterprise | Requires Sumsub identity verification when you pay with crypto | Yes — with identity verification |
| IPRoyal | $7.35 (1 GB pay as you go) | Country, city | Runs KYC checks for all clients | Yes |

*Prices checked on October 5, 2026.*

"—" means we could not confirm it on the provider's own page. SOAX credits are valid for 60 days; PontProxy traffic never expires.

## What do independent UK proxy benchmarks show?

Independent UK tests show that connection success and success on hard UK sites are very different numbers. Two publishers run the UK tests most often cited.

- **Proxyway** sent 560,000 connection requests over 14 days through UK proxies. Success rates ranged from 98.27% to 99.79%, and response times from 0.32 s to 1.14 s (UK proxy page, 16 March 2026).
- **AIMultiple** tested BBC, Amazon UK, Argos and Gumtree, with 100+ URLs per domain at 15-minute intervals. Success at the target level was only about 57% to 81%, with response times of 1.3 s to 5.1 s (page updated 4 October 2026).

The lesson is simple: a "99%" figure measures the proxy connection, not your scraper on Argos. PontProxy is not in either test yet. We publish no success-rate figures of our own until we can show the method and sample size.

### UK pool sizes reported by Proxyway

| Provider | UK IPs reported by Proxyway |
| --- | --- |
| Oxylabs | 3.6M |
| SOAX | 2.8M |
| Decodo | 1.7M |
| Webshare | 1.57M |
| Bright Data | 1.3M |

*Prices checked on October 5, 2026.*

Source: Proxyway, UK proxy locations page (16 March 2026). Figures are Proxyway's, not ours.

## Which UK ISPs and ASNs do residential IPs come from?

UK residential IPs come mainly from four fixed-line networks: BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk. Each announces its customer addresses from its own autonomous system (ASN), so an ASN lookup tells you which ISP an exit IP belongs to.

BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk are the largest home broadband providers. Ofcom reports full fibre at 78% of UK premises (23.7 million) and gigabit coverage at 87%, based on July 2025 data.

IPinfo counts about 107.6 million IPv4 addresses across 3,809 ASNs in the UK. The four big ISPs hold a large share of them. With PontProxy you can pin an exit IP to one ISP or ASN at no extra cost. Our [ASN lookup guide](https://pontproxy.com/guides/check-proxy-asn/) shows how to verify any exit IP with RIPEstat or IPinfo.

### Main UK home-broadband ASNs

| ISP | ASN | Registered holder | IPv4 addresses (IPinfo) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BT | AS2856 | British Telecommunications | 13,938,688 |
| Virgin Media | AS5089 | Virgin Media | 8,490,752 |
| Sky | AS5607 | Sky UK | 6,614,016 |
| TalkTalk | AS13285 | TalkTalk | 3,954,944 |

IPv4 counts from IPinfo, checked 5 October 2026; other databases give different totals. AS2856 also originates EE mobile ranges such as 31.94.0.0/16 (RIPEstat).

## Can I target London, Manchester or Birmingham with a UK proxy?

Yes. PontProxy includes UK city targeting in every plan, so you can ask for a London, Manchester or Birmingham exit IP at no extra cost. Add the city to your username, in lower case:

- `USERNAME-country-gb-city-london` — Greater London.
- `USERNAME-country-gb-city-manchester` — Manchester.
- `USERNAME-country-gb-city-birmingham` — Birmingham.

IP geolocation is approximate. A database may label a commuter-belt IP with a nearby town rather than the city itself. For London details, see our [London residential proxies](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/london/) page.

### UK cities you can target

- [Aberdeen](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/aberdeen/) — North Eastern Scotland
- [Belfast](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/belfast/) — Belfast (Counties Antrim and Down)
- [Birmingham](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/birmingham/) — West Midlands
- [Brighton](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/brighton/) — South East England
- [Bristol](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/bristol/) — South West England
- [Cambridge](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/cambridge/) — East of England
- [Cardiff](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/cardiff/) — South East Wales
- [Coventry](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/coventry/) — West Midlands
- [Edinburgh](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/edinburgh/) — Eastern Scotland
- [Glasgow](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/glasgow/) — West Central Scotland
- [Leeds](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/leeds/) — Yorkshire and the Humber
- [Leicester](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/leicester/) — East Midlands
- [Liverpool](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/liverpool/) — North West England
- [London](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/london/) — Greater London
- [Manchester](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/manchester/) — North West England
- [Milton Keynes](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/milton-keynes/) — South East England
- [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/newcastle-upon-tyne/) — North East England
- [Norwich](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/norwich/) — East of England
- [Nottingham](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/nottingham/) — East Midlands
- [Oxford](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/oxford/) — South East England
- [Plymouth](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/plymouth/) — South West England
- [Portsmouth](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/portsmouth/) — South East England
- [Reading](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/reading/) — South East England
- [Sheffield](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/sheffield/) — Yorkshire and the Humber
- [Southampton](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/southampton/) — South East England

## Where can I get a UK SOCKS5 residential proxy with sticky sessions?

PontProxy gives every UK residential plan SOCKS5 and sticky sessions. Connect to `gw.pontproxy.com` on port `7778` for SOCKS5, or port `7777` for HTTP and HTTPS.

To keep the same UK IP, add a session ID and a TTL in minutes to the username. The gateway then holds that exit IP up to 60 minutes. Remove the session part to get a new UK IP on every request.

Sticky sessions suit logins, checkouts and paginated crawls. Rotating sessions suit large SERP or price crawls. More samples are in the [quickstart guide](https://pontproxy.com/guides/quickstart/).

*UK SOCKS5 with a 30-minute sticky London session (curl)*

```bash
curl -x socks5h://USERNAME-country-gb-city-london-session-uk01-ttl-30:PASSWORD@gw.pontproxy.com:7778 https://ipinfo.io/json
```

## What are the cheapest UK residential proxies per GB?

As of October 2026, PontProxy sells UK residential traffic from $0.36/GB, and $0.59/GB at 10 GB. Every tier sits about 25% below the lowest public price we found among the main UK and EU proxy providers for UK and EU queries. One price covers every UK city and ISP.

For context, Proxyway's 2026 market research used data from March–April 2026. It put the **average** residential price at $4.16/GB at 5 GB, $3.00/GB at 50 GB and $1.94/GB at 1 TB.

### PontProxy UK residential price vs the lowest reference we found

| Plan | PontProxy per GB | Lowest reference found | Reference provider | PontProxy is lower by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 GB | $0.95/GB | $1.27/GB (monthly traffic pack) | ColdProxy | 25% |
| 5 GB | $0.75/GB | $1.00/GB | DataImpulse | 25% |
| 10 GB | $0.59/GB | $0.79/GB (monthly subscription) | Geonode | 26% |
| 50 GB | $0.41/GB | $0.55/GB (Residential Flex pack) | Databay | 25% |
| 100 GB | $0.41/GB | $0.55/GB (Residential Flex pack) | Databay | 25% |
| 1 TB | $0.36/GB | $0.48/GB (Country Geo monthly plan) | Shifter | 25% |

*Prices checked on October 5, 2026.*

References checked on 2026-10-05 on each provider's own pricing page. Subscription and monthly plans are labelled as such. See every plan on the [pricing page](https://pontproxy.com/pricing/).

## UK residential proxy plans

City and ISP targeting are included. Traffic never expires. Pay in crypto, with no KYC.

| Plan | Quantity | Price | Price per unit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Test | 1 GB | $0.95 | $0.95/GB |
| Basic | 10 GB | $5.90 | $0.59/GB |
| Business | 100 GB | $41 | $0.41/GB |
| Enterprise | 1 TB | $360 | $0.36/GB |

In every plan: Protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 · Targeting: Country, city, ISP/ASN · Traffic expiry: Never

**Before you pay**

- Minimum top-up $25. Top up once in crypto, then buy any plan from your balance.
- Unused balance stays on your account and never expires, but it is not refundable.
- Credited after network confirmations: BTC ≈ 20 min · USDT TRC-20 ≈ 1 min · USDT ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · USDC ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · ETH ≈ 5 min · SOL ≈ 1 min · LTC ≈ 15 min

## What are UK residential proxies used for?

UK residential proxies let you see British websites as UK households see them. Internet sales were 27.3% of UK retail in August 2026, according to the ONS, so UK prices and stock change online every day.

Typical legitimate jobs:

- **Price monitoring** on Amazon.co.uk, Argos, Currys and Tesco, by city when delivery or stock differs. See [price monitoring](https://pontproxy.com/use-cases/price-monitoring/).
- **SERP tracking** on google.co.uk. Google now redirects country domains to google.com and localises results by location, so you need a UK IP. See [SERP tracking](https://pontproxy.com/use-cases/serp-tracking/).
- **Ad verification** on UK publishers and UK-targeted campaigns.
- **Geo-testing** of UK pricing, cookie banners and content rules on your own site.

PontProxy blocks online banking, government portals, payment processors and outgoing email (SMTP ports 25, 465 and 587). Every account follows our [Acceptable Use Policy](https://pontproxy.com/acceptable-use/).

## Should I use UK residential or UK 4G/5G mobile proxies?

Use residential proxies for most scraping, SERP and price work, because you pay per GB from $0.36/GB. Use mobile proxies when you need an IP from a UK carrier: EE, Vodafone, O2 or Three.

A dedicated UK 4G/5G port starts at $4.50/day with unlimited traffic. Compare both on our [UK 4G/5G mobile proxies](https://pontproxy.com/mobile-proxies/united-kingdom/) page.

## UK residential proxies: FAQ

### What's the best site to buy UK residential proxies?

PontProxy is a strong choice if you want UK IPs without KYC: $0.59/GB at 10 GB, with London, Manchester and Birmingham targeting included. Its UK ISPs are BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, and you pay in crypto. Proxyway reports large UK pools for Oxylabs and Decodo, but their entry prices are higher per GB as of October 2026.

### What are the cheapest UK residential proxies per GB?

As of October 2026, PontProxy sells UK residential traffic from $0.36/GB at the largest tier and $0.59/GB at 10 GB. The 10 GB price is 26% below Geonode's $0.79/GB (monthly subscription), the lowest reference we found. Proxyway's 2026 average was $4.16/GB at 5 GB. City and ISP targeting cost nothing extra at PontProxy.

### Can I get a UK SOCKS5 residential proxy with sticky sessions?

Yes. Every PontProxy UK plan supports SOCKS5 on port 7778 and HTTP or HTTPS on port 7777. Add a session ID and a TTL to your username to keep the same UK IP up to 60 minutes. Without a session ID you get a fresh UK IP on every request. Both modes work with city and ISP targeting.

### Can I choose BT, Sky, Virgin Media or TalkTalk IPs?

Yes. PontProxy includes ISP and ASN targeting at no extra cost. The four main UK home-broadband networks are BT (AS2856), Virgin Media (AS5089), Sky (AS5607) and TalkTalk (AS13285). Narrow targeting means a smaller pool, so keep it for jobs that need one ISP. Verify any exit IP with our [ASN lookup guide](https://pontproxy.com/guides/check-proxy-asn/).

### Can I target London, Manchester or Birmingham?

Yes. Add `-city-london`, `-city-manchester` or `-city-birmingham` after `-country-gb` in your username. City targeting is included in every plan. IP geolocation is approximate, so some databases may label an exit IP with a nearby town. The [London page](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/london/) explains London targeting in detail.

### Do I need ID or KYC to buy UK residential proxies?

No. PontProxy asks for no ID, no selfie and no documents, in line with the UK GDPR principle of data minimisation. You sign in with an account number and an email is optional. By contrast, Bright Data's Residential network requires company KYC for zones created after July 7, 2026, and IPRoyal runs KYC checks for all clients.

### Is it legal to use residential proxies in the UK?

Using a proxy is legal in the UK; what matters is what you do through it. UK scraping of personal data falls under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018; unauthorised access falls under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. PontProxy blocks banking, government and payment targets and outgoing email. This is general information, not legal advice. Read [are proxies legal in the UK and EU?](https://pontproxy.com/guides/are-proxies-legal-uk-eu/)

### Which cryptocurrencies can I pay with?

You can pay with Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC). Payment is crypto only, so we hold no card or bank details. USDT on TRC-20, Solana and Litecoin keep network fees low on small plans. Credentials appear as soon as the payment confirms, and unused residential traffic never expires. Refund terms: unused residential or rotating-mobile traffic credited back to your balance within 7 days of purchase; a dedicated port that does not work as described credited back within 24 hours; balance itself is never refunded.

## Sources

1. [UK proxy locations: test results and pool sizes](https://proxyway.com/proxy-locations/uk-proxy) — Proxyway (2026-03-16, checked 2026-10-05)
2. [UK proxies benchmark (BBC, Amazon UK, Argos, Gumtree)](https://aimultiple.com/uk-proxies) — AIMultiple (updated 2026-10-04)
3. [Proxy market research 2026 (average and median prices)](https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2026) — Proxyway (2026)
4. [United Kingdom ASN list](https://ipinfo.io/countries/gb) — IPinfo (checked 2026-10-05)
5. [RIPEstat network info for 31.94.76.1 (AS2856)](https://stat.ripe.net/data/network-info/data.json?resource=31.94.76.1) — RIPE NCC (checked 2026-10-05)
6. [Ofcom Connected Nations 2025: gigabit covers 87% of UK, full fibre 78%](https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/11/ofcom-gigabit-broadband-covers-87-percent-of-uk-as-5g-hits-97-percent.html) — ISPreview (2025-11-19)
7. [Internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales (J4MC)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/timeseries/j4mc/drsi) — Office for National Statistics (released 2026-09-17)
8. [Changes to country code top-level domains](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/country-code-top-level-domains/) — Google (2025-04-15)
9. [DataImpulse pricing](https://dataimpulse.com/) — DataImpulse (checked 2026-10-05)
10. [Decodo residential proxy pricing](https://decodo.com/proxies/residential-proxies/pricing) — Decodo (checked 2026-10-05)
11. [Oxylabs residential proxy pricing](https://oxylabs.io/pricing/residential-proxy-pool) — Oxylabs (checked 2026-10-05)
12. [Webshare residential proxy](https://www.webshare.io/residential-proxy) — Webshare (checked 2026-10-05)
13. [SOAX pricing](https://soax.com/pricing) — SOAX (checked 2026-10-05)
14. [Identity verification with SOAX](https://helpcenter.soax.com/en/articles/7127940-identity-verification-with-soax) — SOAX Help Center (updated 2026-08-06)
15. [IPRoyal residential proxy pricing](https://iproyal.com/pricing/residential-proxies/) — IPRoyal (checked 2026-10-05)
16. [IPRoyal information page (KYC for all clients)](https://iproyal.com/llm-info/) — IPRoyal (checked 2026-10-05)
17. [Residential network access policy](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/residential/network-access) — Bright Data documentation (updated 2026-09-01)
18. [ProxyWing residential proxies](https://proxywing.com/proxies-residential) — ProxyWing (checked 2026-10-05)
19. [Geonode residential proxy pricing (10 GB and 50 GB references)](https://geonode.com/pricing/residential-proxies) — Geonode (checked 2026-10-05)
20. [ColdProxy residential pricing (1 GB reference)](https://coldproxy.com/pricing/residential-ipv4-gb/) — ColdProxy (checked 2026-10-05)
21. [Databay Residential Flex pricing (50 GB reference)](https://databay.com/proxies/residential-flex/pricing) — Databay (checked 2026-10-05)
22. [Shifter residential pricing (1 TB reference)](https://shifter.io/pricing/residential-proxies) — Shifter (checked 2026-10-05)

**Get UK residential IPs in a minute** BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk IPs from $0.36/GB. No KYC — no ID, no selfie, no documents. Pay in crypto. [Get residential proxies — from $0.36/GB](https://pontproxy.com/pricing/) · [London proxies](https://pontproxy.com/residential-proxies/united-kingdom/london/)

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PontProxy: PontProxy is a UK & Europe proxy provider: residential IPs with country, city and ISP targeting, plus dedicated EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three 4G/5G ports, paid in crypto with no KYC — no ID, no selfie, no documents. Residential from $0.36/GB.