FK8 postcode district: Stirling and around
FK8 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 638 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Stirling. Its council is Stirling.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in FK8, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 117
- Some can get gigabit: 145
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 366
- Ofcom gives no figure: 10
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 638 postcodes in FK8 that ONS places, 117 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 145 have some that can, 366 can all get it and 10 have no Ofcom figure.
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. 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 56.1318, longitude -4.0601. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; 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
Postcodes without gigabit
117 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 17 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK8 3UH, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 12 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK8 3QA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 11 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK8 3EG, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 11 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK8 3LR, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 8 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK8 3HL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK8 1EL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What broadband can you get in FK8?
Ofcom reports on 628 of the 638 postcodes in FK8. At 366 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 16 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in FK8
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in FK8
Towns and villages with postcodes in FK8, and how many each has here.
Who covers FK8
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Stirling638
Constituencies
- Stirling and Strathallan638
Police force areas
- Scotland638
Next to FK8
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after FK8 in the FK area.
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