G79 postcode district: East Kilbride and around, South Lanarkshire
G79 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 2 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in East Kilbride. Its council is South Lanarkshire.
- Postcodes in use
- 2
- Sectors
- 1
- Council
- South Lanarkshire
- Places
- East Kilbride
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 55.7710
Longitude -4.2231
This is the middle of the postcodes in G79. It is not a boundary: we do not draw one for a district.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What broadband can you get in G79?
Ofcom reports on 1 of the 2 postcodes in G79. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 G79
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in G79
Towns and villages with postcodes in G79, and how many each has here.
Who covers G79
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- East Kilbride and Strathaven2
Police force areas
- Scotland2
Next to G79
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after G79 in the G area.
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