PA42 postcode area guide — Argyll and Bute
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA42 postcode district in Argyll and Bute — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA42
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
76.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
7.6%
Gigabit-capable
7.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
3.8%
Broadband availability in the PA42 postcode district (Argyll and Bute) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 56 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA42, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 76.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 7.6%.
Around 3.8% of premises in PA42 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 PA42
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA42 7AB | 100% | 0% |
| PA42 7AD | 100% | 0% |
| PA42 7AH | 100% | 0% |
| PA42 7AJ | 100% | 0% |
| PA42 7AL | 100% | 0% |
| PA42 7AN | 0% | 0% |
| PA42 7AQ | 0% | 0% |
| PA42 7AS | 29.6% | 29.6% |
| PA42 7AT | 29.4% | 0% |
| PA42 7AU | 0% | 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 PA42
22 rated food businesses operate in PA42. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Columba Hall, Copper Still Coffee, Glenegedale Guest House, Nippy Chippy, No1 Charlotte Street.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Argyll and Bute
Landlines around PA42 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.