GOV.UK footer

The GOV.UK footer provides copyright, licensing and other information about your service.

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HTML
<div class="govuk-footer">
  <div class="govuk-width-container">
    <svg
      focusable="false"
      role="presentation"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      viewBox="0 0 64 60"
      height="30"
      width="32"
      fill="currentcolor" class="govuk-footer__crown">
      <g>
        <circle cx="20" cy="17.6" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="10.2" cy="23.5" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="3.7" cy="33.2" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="31.7" cy="30.6" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="43.3" cy="17.6" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="53.2" cy="23.5" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="59.7" cy="33.2" r="3.7" />
        <circle cx="31.7" cy="30.6" r="3.7" />
        <path d="M33.1,9.8c.2-.1.3-.3.5-.5l4.6,2.4v-6.8l-4.6,1.5c-.1-.2-.3-.3-.5-.5l1.9-5.9h-6.7l1.9,5.9c-.2.1-.3.3-.5.5l-4.6-1.5v6.8l4.6-2.4c.1.2.3.3.5.5l-2.6,8c-.9,2.8,1.2,5.7,4.1,5.7h0c3,0,5.1-2.9,4.1-5.7l-2.6-8ZM37,37.9s-3.4,3.8-4.1,6.1c2.2,0,4.2-.5,6.4-2.8l-.7,8.5c-2-2.8-4.4-4.1-5.7-3.8.1,3.1.5,6.7,5.8,7.2,3.7.3,6.7-1.5,7-3.8.4-2.6-2-4.3-3.7-1.6-1.4-4.5,2.4-6.1,4.9-3.2-1.9-4.5-1.8-7.7,2.4-10.9,3,4,2.6,7.3-1.2,11.1,2.4-1.3,6.2,0,4,4.6-1.2-2.8-3.7-2.2-4.2.2-.3,1.7.7,3.7,3,4.2,1.9.3,4.7-.9,7-5.9-1.3,0-2.4.7-3.9,1.7l2.4-8c.6,2.3,1.4,3.7,2.2,4.5.6-1.6.5-2.8,0-5.3l5,1.8c-2.6,3.6-5.2,8.7-7.3,17.5-7.4-1.1-15.7-1.7-24.5-1.7h0c-8.8,0-17.1.6-24.5,1.7-2.1-8.9-4.7-13.9-7.3-17.5l5-1.8c-.5,2.5-.6,3.7,0,5.3.8-.8,1.6-2.3,2.2-4.5l2.4,8c-1.5-1-2.6-1.7-3.9-1.7,2.3,5,5.2,6.2,7,5.9,2.3-.4,3.3-2.4,3-4.2-.5-2.4-3-3.1-4.2-.2-2.2-4.6,1.6-6,4-4.6-3.7-3.7-4.2-7.1-1.2-11.1,4.2,3.2,4.3,6.4,2.4,10.9,2.5-2.8,6.3-1.3,4.9,3.2-1.8-2.7-4.1-1-3.7,1.6.3,2.3,3.3,4.1,7,3.8,5.4-.5,5.7-4.2,5.8-7.2-1.3-.2-3.7,1-5.7,3.8l-.7-8.5c2.2,2.3,4.2,2.7,6.4,2.8-.7-2.3-4.1-6.1-4.1-6.1h10.6,0Z" />
      </g>
    </svg>
    <div class="govuk-footer__meta">
      <div class="govuk-footer__meta-item govuk-footer__meta-item--grow">
        <svg
          aria-hidden="true"
          focusable="false"
          class="govuk-footer__licence-logo"
          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
          viewBox="0 0 483.2 195.7"
          height="17"
          width="41">
          <path
            fill="currentColor"
            d="M421.5 142.8V.1l-50.7 32.3v161.1h112.4v-50.7zm-122.3-9.6A47.12 47.12 0 0 1 221 97.8c0-26 21.1-47.1 47.1-47.1 16.7 0 31.4 8.7 39.7 21.8l42.7-27.2A97.63 97.63 0 0 0 268.1 0c-36.5 0-68.3 20.1-85.1 49.7A98 98 0 0 0 97.8 0C43.9 0 0 43.9 0 97.8s43.9 97.8 97.8 97.8c36.5 0 68.3-20.1 85.1-49.7a97.76 97.76 0 0 0 149.6 25.4l19.4 22.2h3v-87.8h-80l24.3 27.5zM97.8 145c-26 0-47.1-21.1-47.1-47.1s21.1-47.1 47.1-47.1 47.2 21 47.2 47S123.8 145 97.8 145" />
        </svg>
        <span class="govuk-footer__licence-description">
          All content is available under the
          <a
            class="govuk-footer__link"
            href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/"
            rel="license">Open Government Licence v3.0</a>, except where otherwise stated
        </span>
      </div>
      <div class="govuk-footer__meta-item">
        <a
          class="govuk-footer__link govuk-footer__copyright-logo"
          href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/">
          © Crown copyright
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
Nunjucks

See options and how to use with Nunjucks

{% from "govuk/components/footer/macro.njk" import govukFooter %}

{{ govukFooter({}) }}

If you use the page template, you’ll also get the footer without having to add it, as it’s included by default. However, if you want to customise the default footer, read the page template guidance about customising components.

When to use this component

Use the footer at the bottom of every page of your service.

How it works

Add a copyright notice to the footer to clarify who owns the copyright. For GOV.UK services, add the coat of arms to keep things consistent with the rest of GOV.UK.

Make it clear whether content is available for re-use - and if it is, under what sort of licence. Use an Open Government Licence unless you have permission from the National Archives to use a different type of licence.

You can add links to:

Use ‘Privacy’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Cookies’ and ‘Terms and conditions’ for the link text.

If you include links to ‘help’ pages within the GOV.UK footer component, make sure to place those links consistently within the footer content.

Also make sure that ‘help’ links always function in a similar way across each page. This is to comply with WCAG 2.2 success criterion 3.2.6 Consistent help.

Adding secondary navigation

Only add secondary GOV.UK navigation if you’re creating a GOV.UK service, and you want users to be able to navigate away from the service to somewhere else on the GOV.UK website. For example, you probably don’t want to encourage a user to navigate away from a linear, form-type service.

In June 2025, we updated this component to support a wider refresh of the GOV.UK brand.

You should now use the refreshed GOV.UK branding. If your service has updated to GOV.UK Frontend v6.0.0 or later, you no longer need to use the govukRebrand feature flag and should remove it.

With these changes, the GOV.UK header and GOV.UK footer components should now only be used by services on the GOV.UK website. Services outside of the GOV.UK proposition should stop using the header and footer components and instead create their own.

Recent changes

Date Changed Description
Feb 2026 GOV.UK Frontend v6.0.0

Removed rebrand feature flag.

Changed containing HTML element from footer to div.
Jan 2026 GOV.UK Frontend v5.14.0

Added option to remove content licence information.
Jun 2025 Guidance

Added guidance on how the GOV.UK brand refresh impacts the Footer.
May 2025 GOV.UK Frontend v4.10.0

Updated background colour from grey to light blue to align with the refreshed GOV.UK brand.

Added GOV.UK logo to the Footer.

Added blue border to the top of the Footer.

Updated Royal Arms crest to use the same colour as text.
May 2025 GOV.UK Frontend v5.10.1

Fixed licence link reflowing on focus in Safari browsers.

View full change history

Help improve this component

To help make sure that this page is useful, relevant and up to date, you can:

Need help?

If you’ve got a question about the GOV.UK Design System, contact the team.