ML3 postcode district: Hamilton and around, South Lanarkshire
ML3 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 1,321 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Hamilton. Its council is South Lanarkshire.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,321
- Sectors
- 6
- Council
- South Lanarkshire
- Places
- Hamilton
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in ML3, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 127
- Some can get gigabit: 204
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 908
- Ofcom gives no figure: 82
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 1,321 postcodes in ML3 that ONS places, 127 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 204 have some that can, 908 can all get it and 82 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 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 55.7694, longitude -4.0552. 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
127 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 32 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ML3 7DZ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 10 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ML3 6LD, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ML3 7EB, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ML3 7GA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ML3 7GX, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What broadband can you get in ML3?
Ofcom reports on 1,239 of the 1,321 postcodes in ML3. At 908 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 ML3
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Places in ML3
Towns and villages with postcodes in ML3, and how many each has here.
Who covers ML3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- South Lanarkshire1,321
Constituencies
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley1,319
- East Kilbride and Strathaven1
- Rutherglen1
Police force areas
- Scotland1,321
Next to ML3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after ML3 in the ML area.
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