Map of FK2 8RU postcode

General information

Postcode	FK2 8RU
Post Town	Falkirk
Nearest station	Alloa (5 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B9124 Gallamuir Road
Number of UPRNs	6 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	56.068483
	Longitude	-3.796951
	Easting	288228
	Northing	687639
	Grid reference	NS882876
	UTM reference	30V 450384 6213987
	what3words	potential.invite.manly
	Plus code	9C8R3693+96
	Altitude	12 metres (39 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:31
	Sunset (today)	18:19
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	4.6 KMs (2.8 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst	S13002939
Council Area	Falkirk	S12000014
Constituency (2024)	Alloa and Grangemouth	S14000064
MP	Brian Leishman	Labour
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Falkirk
NUTS/ITL 2	East Central Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,935 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00152197
Census output area (2011)	S00108628
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Carse and Grangemouth Old Town - 02	S01009122
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Carse and Grangemouth Old Town	S02001710
Travel to work area	Falkirk and Stirling	S22000061

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