Map of HS8 5TA postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	HS8 5TA
Post Town	Isle of South Uist
Nearest station	Mallaig (95 km)
Bus stops	Township (NE)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.151886
	Longitude	-7.3828
	Easting	74626
	Northing	819639
	Grid reference	NF746196
	UTM reference	29V 597835 6335453
	what3words	arriving.weedy.anchovies
	FixPhrase	culprit liqueur snowbound walmart
	Plus code	9C9J5J28+QV
	Altitude	6 metres (19 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:55
	Sunset (today)	16:26
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.5 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
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	June 1996
Date usage ended	June 1997
Last updated	December 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	2,779 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00166582
Census output area (2011)	S00135066
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Eriskay to South Boisdale	S01018384
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist - 03	S01009016
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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