HS8 postcode area guide — Na h-Eileanan Siar
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the HS8 postcode district in Na h-Eileanan Siar — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in HS8
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
54.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
2.6%
Gigabit-capable
2.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
10.2%
Broadband availability in the HS8 postcode district (Na h-Eileanan Siar) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 74 postcodes Ofcom measures in HS8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 54.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 2.6%.
Around 10.2% of premises in HS8 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in HS8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| HS8 5AB | 0% | 0% |
| HS8 5AD | 100% | 0% |
| HS8 5JH | 100% | 0% |
| HS8 5JJ | 100% | 0% |
| HS8 5JL | 89.7% | 0% |
| HS8 5JN | 22.2% | 0% |
| HS8 5JP | 0% | 0% |
| HS8 5JR | 46.2% | 0% |
| HS8 5JT | 100% | 0% |
| HS8 5JU | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Na h-Eileanan Siar
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Na H-eileanan Siar district (17,762 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
68.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
91.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
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Voice indoors — all networks
69.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in HS8
36 rated food businesses operate in HS8. 34 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Am Politician, An Taigh Mor, Askernish Golf Club, Brae Lea House Bed and Breakfast, Co Chomunn Eriskay.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Na h-Eileanan Siar
Landlines around HS8 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.