- Assets
- 735of 1,074 records
- Top-100 mean
- 23.30of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 8
- Leading group
- 17%Communications & Digital
Where the top 100 are99 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Transport
Space, Aerospace & Defence
Financial
Communications & Digital
Energy
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Social
Resource
Advanced Manufacturing
Agriculture & Food
18.5%
16.8%
12.7%
11.5%
11.0%
9.0%
8.5%
7.1%
4.0%
0.9%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 4 damaged or idle, 23 under construction, 8 decommissioned, 15 planned, 7 inactive.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bank of EnglandFinancial · Currency & Reserves · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 2 | Heathrow AirportTransport · Air Infrastructure · Hounslow | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 3 | CHAPSFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 4 | LCH LtdFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 5 | Channel TunnelTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Folkestone | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 6 | Bank of England gold vaultsFinancial · Currency & Reserves · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 7 | Bank of England Real-Time Gross Settlement serviceFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 8 | UK Debt Management Office gilt issuanceFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 9 | Thames BarrierWater, Sanitation & Waste · Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 10 | M25 motorwayTransport · Roads & Bridges · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 11 | HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards RoadSocial · Government & Public Administration · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 12 | BacsFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 13 | Euroclear UK & InternationalFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 14 | Faster Payments ServiceFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 15 | National Transmission SystemEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Warwick | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 16 | National Grid Electricity Transmission network (England and Wales)Energy · Transmission & Distribution · Warwick | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 17 | Openreach access networkCommunications & Digital · Core & Backbone Networks · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 18 | HM Revenue and Customs operational estateSocial · Government & Public Administration · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 19 | Department for Work and Pensions benefit delivery networkSocial · Housing, Community & Social Services · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 20 | NHS England acute hospital estateSocial · Health Infrastructure · London | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 21 | Great Britain gas distribution networksEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Coventry | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 22 | Palace of WestminsterSocial · Government & Public Administration · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 23 | 10 Downing StreetSocial · Government & Public Administration · London | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 24 | HMNB ClydeSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Helensburgh | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 25 | Bacton Gas TerminalResource · Processing & Refining · Bacton | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |