Map of PA31 8SW postcode

General information

Postcode	PA31 8SW
Post Town	Lochgilphead
Nearest station	Oban (36 km)
Bus stops	Canal Basin (S)
Roads in this postcode	B841
Number of UPRNs	96 View
Businesses	BLAIR PLUMBING & HEATING SOLUTIONS LTD CRINAN BOATYARD LIMITED CRINAN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED DRIM LEE LIMITED GB PLANT & MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD JOHN GOLDING DESIGN LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	56.089063
	Longitude	-5.559424
	Easting	178663
	Northing	694186
	Grid reference	NR786941
	UTM reference	30V 340761 6218944
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	Plus code	9C8P3CQR+J6
	Altitude	45 metres (149 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:38
	Sunset (today)	18:26
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.4 KMs (0.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Mid Argyll	S13002518
Council Area	Argyll and Bute	S12000035
Constituency (2024)	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	S14000067
MP	Brendan O'Hara	Scottish National Party
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	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)	4,617 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00140610
Census output area (2011)	S00094051
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Knapdale - 01	S01007320
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Knapdale	S02001377
Travel to work area	Lochgilphead	S22000086

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