PA12 4BU
Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch · Renfrewshire · Scotland
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
- Postcode district
- PA12
- Postcode sector
- PA12 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PA12 4BU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 November 2016
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PA
- Postcode district
- PA12
- Postcode sector
- PA12 4
- Latitude
- 55.767628
- Longitude
- -4.623582
- British National Grid easting
- 235,506
- British National Grid northing
- 655,816
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Scotland · S92000003
- Region
- S99999999
- Local authority district
- Renfrewshire · S12000038
- Parish or community
- S99999999
- Westminster constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South · S14000102
- Output area
- S00173646
- Lower layer super output area
- Renfrewshire Rural South and Howwood - 01 · S01019320
- Middle layer super output area
- Renfrewshire Rural South and Howwood · S02003578
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+
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- 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
- 1.4 miles
Lochwinnoch Rail Station
RLY · Lochwinnoch
- 2.8 miles
Glengarnock Rail Station
RLY · Glengarnock
- 3.8 miles
Howwood (Renfrewshire) Rail Station
RLY · Howwood
- 5.2 miles
Dunlop Rail Station
RLY · Dunlop
- 5.3 miles
Milliken Park Rail Station
RLY · Millikenpark