Where Does Cloudflare Think I Am?

It claims London E1W for my IPv4 and IPv6 RIPE PI space, and the same location/postcode for my EE home broadband. Generic 'London data centre' postcode? Or the location of the nearest Cloudflare POP, maybe? (Whois on the PI blocks shows a correct postcode some distance from London FWIW.)

[Edit: same location and postcode for a Vodafone UK v4 address too.]

Re: Where Does Cloudflare Think I Am?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC

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Re: Where Does Cloudflare Think I Am?

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Post by dextercd » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

2.33 km off for me. Pretty cool

Re: Where Does Cloudflare Think I Am?

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Post by wolvoleo » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 3:46 PM UTC

dextercd wrote: post #8

2.33 km off for me. Pretty cool

500km off for me :)

Google is much better at this. They always open the map right where I am on my pc (Which does not have gps or WiFi, only internet and I don't allow location in the browser)

Re: Where Does Cloudflare Think I Am?

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Post by dextercd » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC

wolvoleo wrote: post #9

dextercd wrote: post #8

2.33 km off for me. Pretty cool

500km off for me :) Google is much better at this. They always open the map right where I am on my pc (Which does not have gps or WiFi, only internet and I don't allow location in the browser)

Interesting!

On the Google search results page at the bottom there's a city name + "From your IP address" link. Clicking it shows a map with a circled region. It seems to match with what Google maps opens by default.

It's a little less accurate than Cloudflare in my case.