G72 postcode district: Cambuslang and around

G72 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 1,282 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Cambuslang, Blantyre, Hamilton and 2 more places. It is split between 2 councils: South Lanarkshire (1,281 postcodes) and Glasgow City (1).

Postcodes in use: 1,282
Sectors: 5
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 5 places

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

Every postcode in G72, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 52
In use before 2020: 1,230
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,282 postcodes in G72 that ONS places, 52 are new since 2020 and 1,230 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 150 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 55.8045, longitude -4.1299. 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

G72 6BFMarch 2026 G72 7WNMarch 2026 G72 7WLFebruary 2026 G72 6BJDecember 2025 G72 7TRNovember 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. G72 6BF, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. G72 8QG, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in G72?

Ofcom reports on 1,271 of the 1,282 postcodes in G72. At 1,115 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,115 of 1,271

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,215 of 1,271

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 1,271

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