Map of HS8 5SD postcode

General information

Postcode	HS8 5SD
Post Town	Isle of South Uist
Nearest station	Mallaig (99 km)
Bus stops	Township (NW)
Roads in this postcode	A865
Number of UPRNs	64 View
Businesses	HS8 HAULAGE LTD

Geography

	Latitude	57.276402
	Longitude	-7.401198
	Easting	74615
	Northing	833563
	Grid reference	NF746335
	UTM reference	29V 596397 6349285
	what3words	pound.valued.stilted
	FixPhrase	cultivate liquefy stoneware unethical
	Plus code	9C9J7HGX+HG
	Altitude	9 metres (29 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:49
	Sunset (today)	15:52
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.4 KMs (0.9 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	July 1995
Last updated	November 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)	51
Households (2011)	17
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,783 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00166577
Census output area (2011)	1A1
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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