Map of PA46 7RH postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	PA46 7RH
Post Town	Isle of Islay
Nearest station	Oban (74 km)
Bus stops	Distillery Houses (S)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	55.852905
	Longitude	-6.112006
	Easting	142742
	Northing	669839
	Grid reference	NR427698
	UTM reference	29U 680773 6193480
	what3words	handwriting.licks.backup
	FixPhrase	cryptic liver snuggle wasabi
	Plus code	9C7MVV3Q+55
	Altitude	42 metres (137 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:29
	Sunset (today)	16:48
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.4 KMs (0.2 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	August 1973
Date usage ended	April 1987
Last updated	September 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)	4,185 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00140869
Census output area (2011)	1B3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Whisky Isles - 03	S01007326
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Whisky Isles	S02001378
Travel to work area	Mull and Islay	S22000032

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