PA42 7DS

Kintyre and the Islands · Argyll and Bute · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Local authority: Argyll and Bute
Constituency: Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Postcode district: PA42
Postcode sector: PA42 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PA42 7DU	588 m
PA42 7BN	1.2 km
PA42 7BT	1.2 km
PA42 7EJ	1.2 km
PA42 7BP	1.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PA42 7DS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: PA
Postcode district: PA42
Postcode sector: PA42 7
Latitude: 55.631746
Longitude: -6.162169
British National Grid easting: 138,123
British National Grid northing: 645,437

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Argyll and Bute · S12000035
Electoral ward: Kintyre and the Islands · S13002517
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber · S14000067
Output area: S00141087
Lower layer super output area: Whisky Isles - 03 · S01014348
Middle layer super output area: Whisky Isles · S02002664

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: 16.7%
Next Generation Access: 83.3%
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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