PA31 postcode district: Lochgilphead and around, Argyll and Bute

PA31 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 223 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Lochgilphead. Its council is Argyll and Bute.

Postcodes in use
223
Sectors
2
Council
Argyll and Bute
Places
Lochgilphead

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

Every postcode in PA31, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in PA31, by gigabit broadband Of the 223 postcodes in PA31 that ONS places, 160 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 2 can all get it and 42 have no Ofcom figure. 2 groups of postcodes without gigabit are outlined: 81 postcodes without gigabit; 8 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Lochgilphead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. PA31 8AN: gigabit for allPA31 8JE: gigabit for allPA31 8AR: some gigabitPA31 8HZ: some gigabitPA31 8JA: some gigabitPA31 8NY: some gigabitPA31 8PA: some gigabitPA31 8PD: some gigabitPA31 8QN: some gigabitPA31 8QP: some gigabitPA31 8QS: some gigabitPA31 8QW: some gigabitPA31 8UA: some gigabitPA31 8UB: some gigabitPA31 8UU: some gigabitPA31 8UW: some gigabitPA31 8AA: no gigabitPA31 8AB: no gigabitPA31 8AE: no gigabitPA31 8AG: no gigabitPA31 8AJ: no gigabitPA31 8AL: no gigabitPA31 8BA: no gigabitPA31 8HY: no gigabitPA31 8JB: no gigabitPA31 8JF: no gigabitPA31 8JH: no gigabitPA31 8JJ: no gigabitPA31 8JZ: no gigabitPA31 8LA: no gigabitPA31 8LD: no gigabitPA31 8LE: no gigabitPA31 8LF: no gigabitPA31 8LJ: no gigabitPA31 8LQ: no gigabitPA31 8LR: no gigabitPA31 8NH: no gigabitPA31 8NN: no gigabitPA31 8NP: no gigabitPA31 8NQ: no gigabitPA31 8NZ: no gigabitPA31 8PB: no gigabitPA31 8PE: no gigabitPA31 8PG: no gigabitPA31 8PH: no gigabitPA31 8PJ: no gigabitPA31 8PL: no gigabitPA31 8PN: no gigabitPA31 8PP: no gigabitPA31 8PQ: no gigabitPA31 8PR: no gigabitPA31 8PS: no gigabitPA31 8PT: no gigabitPA31 8PU: no gigabitPA31 8PW: no gigabitPA31 8QA: no gigabitPA31 8QB: no gigabitPA31 8QD: no gigabitPA31 8QE: no gigabitPA31 8QF: no gigabitPA31 8QG: no gigabitPA31 8QH: no gigabitPA31 8QJ: no gigabitPA31 8QL: no gigabitPA31 8QQ: no gigabitPA31 8RE: no gigabitPA31 8RG: no gigabitPA31 8RH: no gigabitPA31 8RJ: no gigabitPA31 8RL: no gigabitPA31 8RN: no gigabitPA31 8RQ: no gigabitPA31 8RR: no gigabitPA31 8RT: no gigabitPA31 8RU: no gigabitPA31 8RW: no gigabitPA31 8RX: no gigabitPA31 8RZ: no gigabitPA31 8SA: no gigabitPA31 8SB: no gigabitPA31 8SD: no gigabitPA31 8SE: no gigabitPA31 8SF: no gigabitPA31 8SG: no gigabitPA31 8SJ: no gigabitPA31 8SN: no gigabitPA31 8SP: no gigabitPA31 8SR: no gigabitPA31 8SS: no gigabitPA31 8SU: no gigabitPA31 8SW: no gigabitPA31 8SZ: no gigabitPA31 8TE: no gigabitPA31 8TG: no gigabitPA31 8TN: no gigabitPA31 8UJ: no gigabitPA31 8UN: no gigabitPA31 8UR: no gigabitPA31 8US: no gigabitPA31 8UZ: no gigabitPA31 8WH: no gigabitPA31 8WR: no gigabitPA31 8ZS: no gigabitPA31 8UL: no gigabitPA31 8UG: no gigabit Lochgilphead 81 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to PA31 8AL, the one nearest the middle of them81 postcodes without gigabit8 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to PA31 8UP, the one nearest the middle of them8 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in PA31, by gigabit broadband Of the 223 postcodes in PA31 that ONS places, 160 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 2 can all get it and 42 have no Ofcom figure. 2 groups of postcodes without gigabit are outlined: 81 postcodes without gigabit; 8 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Lochgilphead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. Lochgilphead 8 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to PA31 8UP, the one nearest the middle of them8 postcodes without gigabit
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 160
  • Some can get gigabit: 19
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 2
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 42
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 223 postcodes in PA31 that ONS places, 160 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 2 can all get it and 42 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 190 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 56.0523, longitude -5.4581. 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

160 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

PA31 8AAPA31 8ABPA31 8AEPA31 8AFPA31 8AGPA31 8AJPA31 8ALPA31 8APPA31 8AQPA31 8BAPA31 8HYPA31 8JB

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 81 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. PA31 8AL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
  • 8 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. PA31 8UP, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in PA31?

Ofcom reports on 181 of the 223 postcodes in PA31. At 2 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 24 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit2 of 181
Postcodes where every home can get superfast116 of 181
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband24 of 181

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

Postcodes in PA31

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

PA31 8182 postcodesPA31 941 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in PA31

Towns and villages with postcodes in PA31, and how many each has here.

Lochgilphead postcodes,130

Who covers PA31

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

  • Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber223

Police force areas

  • Scotland223

Next to PA31

PA30 postcode district PA32 postcode district All PA districts Lochgilphead postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after PA31 in the PA area.

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