KA6 5HQ

Prestwick · South Ayrshire · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Prestwick
Local authority: South Ayrshire
Constituency: Central Ayrshire
Postcode district: KA6
Postcode sector: KA6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KA6 5HJ	589 m
KA6 5HB	676 m
KA6 5JF	691 m
KA6 5HG	722 m
KA9 2NQ	812 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KA6 5HQ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KA
Postcode district: KA6
Postcode sector: KA6 5
Latitude: 55.486077
Longitude: -4.582441
British National Grid easting: 236,920
British National Grid northing: 624,395

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: South Ayrshire · S12000028
Electoral ward: Prestwick · S13003088
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Central Ayrshire · S14000109
Output area: S00175094
Lower layer super output area: Prestwick Airport and Monkton - 02 · S01019865
Middle layer super output area: Prestwick Airport and Monkton · S02003678

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+: 21.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

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.

Nearby transport

Prestwick Rail Station

RLY · Prestwick
1.7 miles
Newton-on-Ayr Rail Station

RLY · Newton-On-Ayr
1.9 miles
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport

GAT · Monkton
1.9 miles
Prestwick Intl Airport Rail Station

RLY · Prestwick
2.0 miles
Ayr Compass Pier

FER · Ayr
2.6 miles