Map of PA31 8RF postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	PA31 8RF
Post Town	Lochgilphead
Nearest station	Oban (37 km)
Bus stops	Dalriada Place (SE)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	56.077426
	Longitude	-5.447763
	Easting	185542
	Northing	692539
	Grid reference	NR855925
	UTM reference	30V 347661 6217397
	what3words	monkeys.doors.obtain
	FixPhrase	cubbyhole lucid stool uncross
	Plus code	9C8P3HG2+XV
	Altitude	21 metres (68 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:32
	Sunset (today)	15:53
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	4.8 KMs (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
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	January 1980
Date usage ended	December 1996
Last updated	November 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less 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 (2019)	4,315 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00140609
Census output area (2011)	1B1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Mid Argyll - 04	S01007314
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Mid Argyll	S02001375
Travel to work area	Lochgilphead	S22000086

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