Falkirk
Falkirk is covered by postcode districts FK1, FK2 and FK3. It is in the Falkirk council area, Scotland.
Every postcode in Falkirk, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 89
- Some can get gigabit: 144
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 699
- Ofcom gives no figure: 68
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 1,000 postcodes in Falkirk that ONS places, 89 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 144 have some that can, 699 can all get it and 68 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 56.0035, longitude -3.7922. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
89 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
What is it like to live in Falkirk?
At 699 of the 932 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 9 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. The nearest railway station is Falkirk Grahamston, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list; NaPTAN. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Falkirk?
23 of the 1,000 postcodes now in use in Falkirk came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Falkirk?
Ofcom reports on 932 of the 1,000 postcodes in Falkirk. At 699 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 7 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Falkirk?
The open schools at the postcodes in Falkirk (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School500 m School website
- Comely Park Primary School1.0 km School website
- Bantaskin Primary School1.0 km School website
- Bainsford Primary School1.2 km School website
- Victoria Primary School1.4 km School website
- Langlees Primary School1.6 km School website
- Carmuirs Primary School1.6 km School website
- St Andrew's RC Primary School1.7 km School website
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
How far is the station from Falkirk?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Falkirk is Falkirk Grahamston Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Falkirk Grahamston Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Falkirk High Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Camelon Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Who runs Falkirk?
- Council
- Falkirk
- Parliamentary constituency
- Falkirk
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- MP
- Euan Stainbank (Labour)
All 1,000 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Falkirk
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Falkirk about council tax Council tax, on falkirk.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Falkirk postcodes
1,000 postcodes in use in Falkirk, by district:
Those districts are all in the FK postcode area.
Check a Falkirk postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Falkirk
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Falkirk
- What is the postcode for Falkirk?
- Postcode districts FK1, FK2 and FK3, with 1,000 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Falkirk in?
- Falkirk. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Falkirk?
- Euan Stainbank (Labour), for Falkirk. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- What schools are in Falkirk?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School, Comely Park Primary School and Bantaskin Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Mungo's RC High School, Falkirk High School and Graeme High School. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Falkirk have a railway station?
- Yes: Falkirk Grahamston station, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Falkirk?
- Ofcom reports on 932 of the 1,000 postcodes in Falkirk. At 699 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 7 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Falkirk?
- 23 of the 1,000 postcodes now in use in Falkirk came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- UK Parliament
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. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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