PA6 postcode district: Houston and around, Renfrewshire

PA6 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 170 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Houston and Johnstone. Its council is Renfrewshire.

Postcodes in use
170
Sectors
1
Council
Renfrewshire
Places
2 places

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

Every postcode in PA6, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in PA6, by new since 2020 Of the 170 postcodes in PA6 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 165 were in use before 2020. Places named: Houston, Linwood, Bridge of Weir. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A737A761 PA6 7AA: before 2020PA6 7AB: before 2020PA6 7AD: before 2020PA6 7AF: before 2020PA6 7AG: before 2020PA6 7AH: before 2020PA6 7AJ: before 2020PA6 7AL: before 2020PA6 7AN: before 2020PA6 7AP: before 2020PA6 7AQ: before 2020PA6 7AR: before 2020PA6 7AS: before 2020PA6 7AU: before 2020PA6 7AW: before 2020PA6 7AX: before 2020PA6 7AY: before 2020PA6 7AZ: before 2020PA6 7BA: before 2020PA6 7BB: before 2020PA6 7BD: before 2020PA6 7BE: before 2020PA6 7BG: before 2020PA6 7BH: before 2020PA6 7BJ: before 2020PA6 7BL: before 2020PA6 7BN: before 2020PA6 7BP: before 2020PA6 7BQ: before 2020PA6 7BR: before 2020PA6 7BS: before 2020PA6 7BT: before 2020PA6 7BU: before 2020PA6 7BW: before 2020PA6 7BX: before 2020PA6 7BY: before 2020PA6 7BZ: before 2020PA6 7DA: before 2020PA6 7DB: before 2020PA6 7DD: before 2020PA6 7DE: before 2020PA6 7DF: before 2020PA6 7DG: before 2020PA6 7DH: before 2020PA6 7DJ: before 2020PA6 7DL: before 2020PA6 7DN: before 2020PA6 7DP: before 2020PA6 7DQ: before 2020PA6 7DR: before 2020PA6 7DS: before 2020PA6 7DT: before 2020PA6 7DU: before 2020PA6 7DW: before 2020PA6 7DX: before 2020PA6 7DZ: before 2020PA6 7EA: before 2020PA6 7EB: before 2020PA6 7ED: before 2020PA6 7EE: before 2020PA6 7EF: before 2020PA6 7EG: before 2020PA6 7EH: before 2020PA6 7EJ: before 2020PA6 7EL: before 2020PA6 7EN: before 2020PA6 7EP: before 2020PA6 7EQ: before 2020PA6 7ES: before 2020PA6 7ET: before 2020PA6 7EU: before 2020PA6 7EX: before 2020PA6 7EY: before 2020PA6 7EZ: before 2020PA6 7FA: before 2020PA6 7FB: before 2020PA6 7FE: before 2020PA6 7FG: before 2020PA6 7FZ: before 2020PA6 7GA: before 2020PA6 7GB: before 2020PA6 7GU: before 2020PA6 7HA: before 2020PA6 7HB: before 2020PA6 7HD: before 2020PA6 7HE: before 2020PA6 7HF: before 2020PA6 7HH: before 2020PA6 7HJ: before 2020PA6 7HL: before 2020PA6 7HN: before 2020PA6 7HP: before 2020PA6 7HQ: before 2020PA6 7HR: before 2020PA6 7HS: before 2020PA6 7HT: before 2020PA6 7HU: before 2020PA6 7HW: before 2020PA6 7HX: before 2020PA6 7HY: before 2020PA6 7HZ: before 2020PA6 7JA: before 2020PA6 7JB: before 2020PA6 7JD: before 2020PA6 7JE: before 2020PA6 7JF: before 2020PA6 7JG: before 2020PA6 7JH: before 2020PA6 7JJ: before 2020PA6 7JN: before 2020PA6 7JP: before 2020PA6 7JQ: before 2020PA6 7JR: before 2020PA6 7JS: before 2020PA6 7JT: before 2020PA6 7JU: before 2020PA6 7JW: before 2020PA6 7JX: before 2020PA6 7JY: before 2020PA6 7LA: before 2020PA6 7LB: before 2020PA6 7LD: before 2020PA6 7LE: before 2020PA6 7LF: before 2020PA6 7LG: before 2020PA6 7LH: before 2020PA6 7LJ: before 2020PA6 7LL: before 2020PA6 7LN: before 2020PA6 7LP: before 2020PA6 7LQ: before 2020PA6 7LR: before 2020PA6 7LS: before 2020PA6 7LT: before 2020PA6 7LW: before 2020PA6 7LX: before 2020PA6 7LY: before 2020PA6 7LZ: before 2020PA6 7NA: before 2020PA6 7NB: before 2020PA6 7ND: before 2020PA6 7NE: before 2020PA6 7NF: before 2020PA6 7NG: before 2020PA6 7NH: before 2020PA6 7NJ: before 2020PA6 7NL: before 2020PA6 7NN: before 2020PA6 7NP: before 2020PA6 7NQ: before 2020PA6 7NR: before 2020PA6 7NS: before 2020PA6 7NT: before 2020PA6 7NU: before 2020PA6 7NW: before 2020PA6 7NX: before 2020PA6 7NY: before 2020PA6 7NZ: before 2020PA6 7WJ: before 2020PA6 7DY: new since 2020PA6 7EW: new since 2020PA6 7FJ: new since 2020PA6 7FL: new since 2020PA6 7FN: new since 2020 HoustonLinwoodBridge of Weir Map of every postcode in PA6, by new since 2020 Of the 170 postcodes in PA6 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 165 were in use before 2020. Places named: Houston, Linwood, Bridge of Weir. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A761A737 HoustonLinwoodBridge of Weir
  • New since 2020: 5
  • In use before 2020: 165

Of the 170 postcodes in PA6 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 165 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 55.8658, longitude -4.5370. 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

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What broadband can you get in PA6?

Ofcom reports on 168 of the 170 postcodes in PA6. At 127 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit127 of 168
Postcodes where every home can get superfast160 of 168
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 168

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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in PA6

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

PA6 7170 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in PA6

Towns and villages with postcodes in PA6, and how many each has here.

Houston postcodes,137Johnstone postcodes,1

Who covers PA6

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

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Constituencies

  • Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West153
  • Paisley and Renfrewshire South10
  • Paisley and Renfrewshire North7

Police force areas

  • Scotland170

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