FK1 postcode district: Falkirk and around

FK1 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 880 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Falkirk, Hallglen and Redding. It is split between 3 councils: Falkirk (868 postcodes), North Lanarkshire (7) and West Lothian (5).

Postcodes in use: 880
Sectors: 6
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 3 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in FK1, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 24
In use before 2020: 856
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 880 postcodes in FK1 that ONS places, 24 are new since 2020 and 856 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.9843, longitude -3.7944. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

FK1 9JBApril 2026 FK1 2AXMarch 2026 FK1 2FHFebruary 2026 FK1 2FJFebruary 2026 FK1 9JAFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FK1 9JB, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FK1 2FH, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in FK1?

Ofcom reports on 813 of the 880 postcodes in FK1. At 566 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 10 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit566 of 813

Postcodes where every home can get superfast724 of 813

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband10 of 813

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it