DD8 3LW

Forfar and District · Angus · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Forfar and District
Local authority: Angus
Constituency: Angus and Perthshire Glens
Postcode district: DD8
Postcode sector: DD8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DD8 3LN	67 m
DD8 3LT	77 m
DD8 3LL	100 m
DD8 3LJ	148 m
DD8 3LP	148 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DD8 3LW
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DD
Postcode district: DD8
Postcode sector: DD8 3
Latitude: 56.648938
Longitude: -2.901834
British National Grid easting: 344,799
British National Grid northing: 751,157

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Angus · S12000041
Electoral ward: Forfar and District · S13002869
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Angus and Perthshire Glens · S14000065
Output area: S00139745
Lower layer super output area: Forfar East - 01 · S01014269
Middle layer super output area: Forfar East · S02002649

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 7.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 7.7%
Gigabit-capable: 7.7%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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