PA3 postcode district: Paisley and around, Renfrewshire
PA3 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 689 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Paisley, Linwood, Renfrew and 2 more places. Its council is Renfrewshire.
- Postcodes in use
- 689
- Sectors
- 5
- Council
- Renfrewshire
- 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 PA3, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 17
- In use before 2020: 672
Of the 689 postcodes in PA3 that ONS places, 17 are new since 2020 and 672 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 55.8515, longitude -4.4458. 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
What broadband can you get in PA3?
Ofcom reports on 614 of the 689 postcodes in PA3. At 553 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 PA3
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in PA3
Towns and villages with postcodes in PA3, and how many each has here.
Who covers PA3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Renfrewshire689
Constituencies
- Paisley and Renfrewshire North415
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South274
Police force areas
- Scotland689
Next to PA3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after PA3 in the PA area.
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