Holytown

Holytown is covered by postcode districts ML1 and ML4. It is in the North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.

Gigabit broadband 130 of 165 postcodes where every home and business can get it Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes Nearest station Holytown 950 m from the middle, in a straight line MP Kenneth Stevenson Labour, Airdrie and Shotts

Every postcode in Holytown, by gigabit broadband

No home or business can get gigabit: 18
Some can get gigabit: 17
Every home and business can get gigabit: 130
Ofcom gives no figure: 2

Of the 167 postcodes in Holytown that ONS places, 18 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 17 have some that can, 130 can all get it and 2 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. 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 55.8214, longitude -3.9733. 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

18 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

ML1 4GP ML1 4SR ML1 4UF ML1 4UR ML1 4WR ML1 4XJ ML1 4XL ML1 4YF ML1 4YQ ML1 5FL ML1 5GH ML1 5RX

What is it like to live in Holytown?

At 130 of the 165 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Holytown, 950 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 Holytown?

3 of the 167 postcodes now in use in Holytown came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.

The newest postcodes

ML1 5LGsince March 2026 ML1 4FUsince May 2022 ML4 1BGsince March 2021

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 Holytown?

Ofcom reports on 165 of the 167 postcodes in Holytown. At 130 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 gigabit130 of 165

Postcodes where every home can get superfast153 of 165

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 165

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 checker

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

Which schools are in Holytown?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Holytown. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Choosing a school, on Parentzone Scotland

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 Holytown?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holytown is Holytown Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.

Holytown Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
Carfin Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
Bellshill Rail Station Railway station 3.2 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 Holytown?

Council: North Lanarkshire
Parliamentary constituency: Airdrie and Shotts
Police force area: Scotland
Country: Scotland
MP: Kenneth Stevenson (Labour)

All 167 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 Holytown

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Tell North Lanarkshire about council tax Council tax, on northlanarkshire.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

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Holytown postcodes

167 postcodes in use in Holytown, by district:

ML1 postcode district,154 postcodes ML4 postcode district,13 postcodes

Those districts are all in the ML postcode area.

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Places near Holytown

Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

New Stevenston1.2 km Newarthill1.6 km Carfin2.3 km Chapelhall2.7 km Bellshill3.0 km Motherwell3.8 km Cleland4.2 km Airdrie5.0 km All places A to Z

Quick answers about Holytown

What is the postcode for Holytown?: Postcode districts ML1 and ML4, with 167 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Holytown in?: North Lanarkshire. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Holytown?: Kenneth Stevenson (Labour), for Airdrie and Shotts. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
What schools are in Holytown?: Primary schools at its postcodes include Christ The King Primary and Holytown Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Brannock High School, 1.5 km away. Source: Scottish Government.
Does Holytown have a railway station?: Yes: Holytown station, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Holytown?: Ofcom reports on 165 of the 167 postcodes in Holytown. At 130 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
Are new homes being built in Holytown?: 3 of the 167 postcodes now in use in Holytown 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.

Licences: Open Government Licence v3.0; Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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