PA38 postcode area guide — Argyll and Bute
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA38 postcode district in Argyll and Bute — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA38
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
47.1%
Gigabit-capable
47.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
1.9%
Broadband availability in the PA38 postcode district (Argyll and Bute) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 31 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA38, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 47.1%.
Around 1.9% of premises in PA38 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 PA38
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA38 4AA | 100% | 0% |
| PA38 4BA | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| PA38 4BB | 91.7% | 33.3% |
| PA38 4BD | 100% | 100% |
| PA38 4BE | 100% | 100% |
| PA38 4BF | 100% | 100% |
| PA38 4BG | 100% | 66.7% |
| PA38 4BH | 100% | 0% |
| PA38 4BJ | 22.9% | 22.9% |
| PA38 4BL | 96.2% | 38.5% |
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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 PA38
17 rated food businesses operate in PA38. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Airds Hotel & Restaurant, St. Mary's Space, Strath Of Appin Primary, The Old Inn, Camus Enterprises.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Argyll and Bute
Landlines around PA38 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.