Map of G71 8AU postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode G71 8AU
Post Town Glasgow
Nearest station Blantyre (1 km)
Bus stops
St Andrews Avenue (NW)
Backmuir Road (SW)
Abbotsford Road (SW)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 55.795467
Longitude -4.066328
Easting 270553
Northing 657730
Grid reference NS705577
UTM reference 30U 433146 6183830
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Plus code 9C7QQWWM+5F
Altitude 51 metres (166 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:43
Sunset (today) 16:05
Distance away
Distance to sea 31.7 KMs (19.7 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Blantyre S13003109
Council Area South Lanarkshire S12000029
Constituency (2024) Rutherglen S14000104
MPMichael ShanksLabour
Police forceScotland
NUTS/ITL 3 South Lanarkshire
NUTS/ITL 2 Southern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Date usage ended April 2003
Last updated December 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 (2017-2020)
921 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)Large Urban Areas
Rural/urban (2011)Other urban area
Census output area (2021)S00176575
Census output area (2011)S00132151
Lower layer super output area (2021)Whitehill - 05S01020145
Lower layer super output area (2011)Whitehill - 05S01012797
Middle layer super output area (2021)WhitehillS02003727
Middle layer super output area (2011)WhitehillS02002398
Travel to work areaMotherwell and AirdrieS22000071
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