PA8 postcode area guide — Renfrewshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA8 postcode district in Renfrewshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA8
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
87.3%
Gigabit-capable
87.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the PA8 postcode district (Renfrewshire) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 217 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 87.3%.
Around 0% of premises in PA8 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 PA8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA8 6AA | 100% | 100% |
| PA8 6AB | 0% | 0% |
| PA8 6AD | 0% | 0% |
| PA8 6AG | 0% | 0% |
| PA8 6AH | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| PA8 6AJ | 100% | 100% |
| PA8 6AL | 0% | 0% |
| PA8 6AN | 100% | 0% |
| PA8 6AP | 100% | 100% |
| PA8 6AQ | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Renfrewshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Renfrewshire district (98,804 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
81.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.1%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
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Food hygiene ratings in PA8
63 rated food businesses operate in PA8. 53 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Abbeycare Scotland, Aldi, Bargarran Community Nursery, Bargarran Post Office, Bargarran St John Bosco Primary School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Renfrewshire
Landlines around PA8 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.