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Outer Hebrides | |
|---|---|
  HS | |
| Coordinates: 57°58′01″N 6°42′43″W / 57.967°N 6.712°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | HS |
| Postcode area name | Outer Hebrides |
| Post towns | 8 |
| Postcode districts | 9 |
| Postcode sectors | 11 |
| Postcodes (live) | 962 |
| Postcodes (total) | 1,093 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The HS postcode area, also known as the Outer Hebrides postcode area,[2] is a group of nine postcode districts, within eight post towns, covering the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.
It is the UK's newest postcode area, the Outer Hebrides formerly being part of the PA postcode area (forming PA80 - PA87 until January 1995).
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)