Map of HS8 5RW postcode

General information

Postcode	HS8 5RW
Post Town	Isle of South Uist
Nearest station	Kyle Of Lochalsh (99 km)
Bus stops	Church (W) Road End (N)
Roads in this postcode	A865 B890 Dun Mor
Number of UPRNs	72 View
Businesses	CMP VAN SERVICES LTD J J MACDONALD CONTRACTORS LTD TONACHEOIS LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	57.353636
	Longitude	-7.363839
	Easting	77542
	Northing	841967
	Grid reference	NF775419
	UTM reference	29V 598443 6357935
	what3words	prompts.unsettled.footpath
	FixPhrase	cultural liqueur spearhead unsecured
	Plus code	9C9J9J3P+FF
	Altitude	5 metres (15 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:57
	Sunset (today)	16:23
	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
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	July 1995
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

Population (2011)	56
Households (2011)	25
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	2,783 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00166575
Census output area (2011)	S00135073
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Kildonan to Iochdar	S01018386
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist - 05	S01009018
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Barra and South Uist	S02003404
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist	S02001687
Travel to work area	Eilean Siar	S22000013

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