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                  | Postcode | PA31 8PW | 
                  
                    | Post Town | Lochgilphead | 
                  
                    | Nearest station | Oban (45 km) | 
                  
                  
                    | Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
                
                
                  
                    | Roads in this postcode |  | 
                  
                    | Number of UPRNs | 41 View | 
                
                  | Businesses |  | 
              
              
            
          
        
          
            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 56.019599 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -5.627738 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 174009 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 686682 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NR740866 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 30V 336218 6211376 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | vegans.obstinate.freedom | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | cubbyhole lubricant shadow unpledged | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C8P299C+RW | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 29 metres (94 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:28 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:46 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 0.5 KMs (0.3 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 | 
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                      | Police force | Scotland | 
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                      | Water company | Scottish Water | 
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                        | 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 | September 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) | 17 |  | 
                  
                    | Households (2011) | 12 |  | 
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  | Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | 
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                  | Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote rural area | 
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                  | Census output area (2021) | S00140653 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 1A3 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | Knapdale - 01 | S01007320 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2011) | Knapdale | S02001377 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Lochgilphead | S22000086 | 
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