FK5 postcode district: Larbert and around

FK5 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 460 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Larbert and Stenhousemuir. It is split between 2 councils: Falkirk (459 postcodes) and Stirling (1).

Postcodes in use: 460
Sectors: 2
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 2 places

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

Every postcode in FK5, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 11
In use before 2020: 449

Of the 460 postcodes in FK5 that ONS places, 11 are new since 2020 and 449 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. 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 56.0273, longitude -3.8230. 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

FK5 4ERDecember 2024 FK5 4ZRJuly 2023 FK5 4ZWMarch 2023 FK5 4EJJuly 2022 FK5 4ZXJuly 2022

7 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

FK5 3NP FK5 3NW FK5 4RY FK5 4SP FK5 4SS FK5 4SU FK5 4SW

What broadband can you get in FK5?

Ofcom reports on 454 of the 460 postcodes in FK5. At 384 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit384 of 454

Postcodes where every home can get superfast425 of 454

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 454

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