Map of HS8 5AB postcode

General information

Postcode	HS8 5AB
Post Town	Isle of South Uist
Nearest station	Mallaig (97 km)
Bus stops	Road End (NE)
Roads in this postcode	A865
Number of UPRNs	5 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.24091
	Longitude	-7.384006
	Easting	75337
	Northing	829537
	Grid reference	NF753295
	UTM reference	29V 597527 6345360
	what3words	punctured.fever.early
	Plus code	9C9J6JR8+99
	Altitude	19 metres (62 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:46
	Sunset (today)	18:33
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	2.4 KMs (1.5 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Uibhist a Deas, Èirisgeigh agus Beinn na Faoghla	S13003143
Council Area	Na h-Eileanan Siar	S12000013
Constituency (2024)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	S14000027
MP	Torcuil Crichton	Labour
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	May 2019
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)	2,783 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00166578
Census output area (2011)	S00135069
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist - 05	S01009018
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist	S02001687
Travel to work area	Eilean Siar	S22000013

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