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

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.

Every postcode in PA31, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in PA31, by new since 2020 Of the 223 postcodes in PA31 that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 221 were in use before 2020. Places named: Lochgilphead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. PA31 8AA: before 2020PA31 8AB: before 2020PA31 8AE: before 2020PA31 8AG: before 2020PA31 8AH: before 2020PA31 8AJ: before 2020PA31 8AL: before 2020PA31 8AN: before 2020PA31 8BA: before 2020PA31 8HY: before 2020PA31 8HZ: before 2020PA31 8JA: before 2020PA31 8JB: before 2020PA31 8JE: before 2020PA31 8JF: before 2020PA31 8JJ: before 2020PA31 8JZ: before 2020PA31 8LA: before 2020PA31 8LD: before 2020PA31 8LE: before 2020PA31 8LF: before 2020PA31 8LJ: before 2020PA31 8LQ: before 2020PA31 8LR: before 2020PA31 8NH: before 2020PA31 8NN: before 2020PA31 8NP: before 2020PA31 8NQ: before 2020PA31 8NY: before 2020PA31 8NZ: before 2020PA31 8PA: before 2020PA31 8PB: before 2020PA31 8PD: before 2020PA31 8PE: before 2020PA31 8PG: before 2020PA31 8PH: before 2020PA31 8PJ: before 2020PA31 8PL: before 2020PA31 8PN: before 2020PA31 8PP: before 2020PA31 8PQ: before 2020PA31 8PR: before 2020PA31 8PS: before 2020PA31 8PT: before 2020PA31 8PU: before 2020PA31 8PW: before 2020PA31 8QA: before 2020PA31 8QB: before 2020PA31 8QD: before 2020PA31 8QE: before 2020PA31 8QF: before 2020PA31 8QG: before 2020PA31 8QH: before 2020PA31 8QJ: before 2020PA31 8QL: before 2020PA31 8QN: before 2020PA31 8QP: before 2020PA31 8QQ: before 2020PA31 8QS: before 2020PA31 8QW: before 2020PA31 8RE: before 2020PA31 8RG: before 2020PA31 8RH: before 2020PA31 8RJ: before 2020PA31 8RL: before 2020PA31 8RN: before 2020PA31 8RQ: before 2020PA31 8RR: before 2020PA31 8RT: before 2020PA31 8RU: before 2020PA31 8RW: before 2020PA31 8RX: before 2020PA31 8RY: before 2020PA31 8RZ: before 2020PA31 8SA: before 2020PA31 8SB: before 2020PA31 8SD: before 2020PA31 8SE: before 2020PA31 8SF: before 2020PA31 8SG: before 2020PA31 8SJ: before 2020PA31 8SN: before 2020PA31 8SP: before 2020PA31 8SR: before 2020PA31 8SS: before 2020PA31 8SU: before 2020PA31 8SW: before 2020PA31 8SZ: before 2020PA31 8TE: before 2020PA31 8TG: before 2020PA31 8TN: before 2020PA31 8UA: before 2020PA31 8UB: before 2020PA31 8UJ: before 2020PA31 8UN: before 2020PA31 8UR: before 2020PA31 8US: before 2020PA31 8UU: before 2020PA31 8UW: before 2020PA31 8UZ: before 2020PA31 8WH: before 2020PA31 8WR: before 2020PA31 8ZS: before 2020PA31 8AR: new since 2020PA31 9BF: new since 2020 Lochgilphead Map of every postcode in PA31, by new since 2020 Of the 223 postcodes in PA31 that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 221 were in use before 2020. Places named: Lochgilphead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. Lochgilphead
  • New since 2020: 2
  • In use before 2020: 221

Of the 223 postcodes in PA31 that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 221 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. 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

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The 2 newest postcodes

PA31 9BFSeptember 2022PA31 8ARFebruary 2020

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.

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Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

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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Where the facts on this page come from

Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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