ML8 postcode area guide — South Lanarkshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the ML8 postcode district in South Lanarkshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in ML8
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
75.3%
Gigabit-capable
75.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the ML8 postcode district (South Lanarkshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 524 postcodes Ofcom measures in ML8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 75.3%.
Around 0.3% of premises in ML8 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 ML8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| ML8 4AB | 100% | 80% |
| ML8 4AD | 100% | 100% |
| ML8 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| ML8 4AF | 100% | 100% |
| ML8 4AG | 100% | 68.4% |
| ML8 4AJ | 100% | 100% |
| ML8 4AL | 100% | 97% |
| ML8 4AN | 100% | 100% |
| ML8 4AP | 75% | 50% |
| ML8 4AR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around South Lanarkshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider South Lanarkshire district (167,930 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
94.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
61.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
96.1%
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 ML8
131 rated food businesses operate in ML8. 87 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 14 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: ACE Place Riverside, Aldi Stores Ltd, AS Street Food, Boots Uk Ltd, Braidwood Community Centre.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for South Lanarkshire
Landlines around ML8 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.