PA27 postcode area guide — Argyll and Bute
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA27 postcode district in Argyll and Bute — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA27
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
62.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
3.8%
Gigabit-capable
3.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
9.7%
Broadband availability in the PA27 postcode district (Argyll and Bute) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 24 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA27, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 62.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 3.8%.
Around 9.7% of premises in PA27 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 PA27
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA27 8AB | 100% | 0% |
| PA27 8AD | 100% | 0% |
| PA27 8BA | 0% | 0% |
| PA27 8BU | 13.9% | 2.8% |
| PA27 8BW | 11.5% | 0% |
| PA27 8BX | 62.1% | 0% |
| PA27 8BY | 95.7% | 0% |
| PA27 8BZ | 22.5% | 0% |
| PA27 8DA | 70% | 0% |
| PA27 8DB | 98.1% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Argyll and Bute
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Argyll And Bute district (57,942 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
79.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
95.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
8.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
85.3%
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 PA27
9 rated food businesses operate in PA27. 4 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 2 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Balliemeanoch Farmhouse And Steading, Inver, Strachur Primary School, The Creggans Inn.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Argyll and Bute
Landlines around PA27 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.