Grangemouth
Grangemouth is covered by postcode district FK3. It is in the Falkirk council area, Scotland.
Every postcode in Grangemouth, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 50
- Some can get gigabit: 54
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 330
- Ofcom gives no figure: 19
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 453 postcodes in Grangemouth that ONS places, 50 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 54 have some that can, 330 can all get it and 19 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 56.0107, longitude -3.7206. 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
50 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
3 further out, not drawn
These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 11 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. FK3 8BA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Grangemouth?
At 330 of the 434 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Polmont, 2.9 km 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 Grangemouth?
3 of the 453 postcodes now in use in Grangemouth 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 Grangemouth?
Ofcom reports on 434 of the 453 postcodes in Grangemouth. At 330 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 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 Grangemouth?
The open schools at the postcodes in Grangemouth. 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
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 Grangemouth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Grangemouth is Polmont Rail Station, 2.9 km away in a straight line.
- Polmont Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
- Falkirk Grahamston Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
- Falkirk High Rail Station Railway station 4.9 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 Grangemouth?
- Council
- Falkirk
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Alloa and Grangemouth (448) and Falkirk (5)
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.
Moving to Grangemouth
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
Grangemouth postcodes
453 postcodes in use in Grangemouth, by district:
That district is in the FK postcode area.
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Places near Grangemouth
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Grangemouth
- What is the postcode for Grangemouth?
- Postcode district FK3, with 453 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Grangemouth in?
- Falkirk. Source: ONS.
- What schools are in Grangemouth?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Moray Primary School and Beancross Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Grangemouth High School. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Grangemouth have a railway station?
- The nearest is Polmont station, 2.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Grangemouth?
- Ofcom reports on 434 of the 453 postcodes in Grangemouth. At 330 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Grangemouth?
- 3 of the 453 postcodes now in use in Grangemouth 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
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.
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
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