Map of PA42 7AB postcode

General information

Postcode	PA42 7AB
Post Town	Isle of Islay
Nearest station	West Kilbride (85 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	McKerral Road
Number of UPRNs	10 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	55.63425
	Longitude	-6.205489
	Easting	135418
	Northing	645879
	Grid reference	NR354458
	UTM reference	29U 675904 6168915
	what3words	saints.sculpting.coach
	FixPhrase	crux lively sixfold trial
	Plus code	9C7MJQMV+PR
	Altitude	15 metres (50 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:42
	Sunset (today)	15:54
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.6 KMs (0.4 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Kintyre and the Islands	S13002517
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	April 2020
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

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,185 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00141091
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Whisky Isles - 05	S01014350
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Whisky Isles - 03	S01007326
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Whisky Isles	S02002664
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Whisky Isles	S02001378
Travel to work area	Mull and Islay	S22000032

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