The IV postcode area, also known as the Inverness postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Achnasheen

Achnasheen

Achnasheen is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland. Despite the size of the village, Achnasheen is also the name of a postal district which covers several much larger communities. This dates from the time when the village railway station was an important stop on...

, Alness

Alness

Alness is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon to the east and the village of Evanton to the south west...

, Ardgay

Ardgay

Ardgay is a small Scottish village on the north west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron. In the Highland Council area Ardgay is in Ward 1, the North, West and Central Sutherland ward.Ardgay is served by the Ardgay...

, Avoch

Avoch

Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth.Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a stronghold built on the site and served as a royal castle to William the Lion; passed on to the Morays of Petty then Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his...

, Beauly

Beauly

Beauly is a town of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire, on the River Beauly, 10 miles west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. Its population was 855 in 1901...

, Cromarty

Cromarty

The Royal Burgh of Cromarty is a burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.-History:It was previously the county town of the former county of Cromartyshire...

, Dingwall

Dingwall

Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It was formerly an east-coast harbor but now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts...

, Dornoch

Dornoch

Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east...

, Elgin

Elgin, Moray

Elgin is a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190...

, Fochabers

Fochabers

Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, not far from the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey. Around 2,000 people live in the village, which enjoys a rich musical and cultural history...

, Forres

Forres

Forres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions...

, Fortrose

Fortrose

Fortrose is a burgh in the Scottish Highlands, located on the Moray Firth, approximately ten kilometres north east of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of the bishopric of Ross...

, Gairloch

Gairloch

Gairloch is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch on the northwest coast of Scotland. A popular tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a small museum, several hotels, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local...

, Garve

Garve

Garve is a village on the Black Water river, in Ross-shire, and is in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated 5 miles northwest of Contin, on the A835, the main road to Ullapool on the west coast, close to where the A832 branches off towards Achnasheen.The village is served by the...

, Glen Shiel

Glen Shiel

Glen Shiel is a glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.The glen runs approximately 9 miles from north-west to south-east, from sea level at the village of Shiel Bridge and Loch Duich to the Cluanie Inn at the western end of Loch Cluanie and the start of Glenmoriston.W. H...

, Invergordon

Invergordon

Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.-History:The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. More recently it was also known for the repair of oil rigs which used to be lined up in the Cromarty Firth on which the town is situated...

, Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

, Isle of Skye, Kyle

Kyle

Kyle may refer to:* KYLE, a Fox network affiliate* Kyle , a Scottish masculine given name * Kyle , a surname of Scottish origin* Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland* Kyle, Indiana, United States...

, Lairg

Lairg

Lairg is a village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It has a population of about 700and is situated at the south-eastern end of Lairg is a village in [[Sutherland]], [[Highland |Highland]], [[Scotland]]...

, Lossiemouth

Lossiemouth

Lossiemouth is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over a 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that...

, Muir of Ord

Muir of Ord

Muir of Ord is a village in Highland, Scotland. It is situated near the western boundary of the Black Isle, about 20 km west of the city of Inverness, and 10 km south of Dingwall...

, Munlochy

Munlochy

Munlochy is a small village, in northern Scotland, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay . There are few early records of a settlement, but it seems likely that Munlochy expanded in the 1760s due to quarry workers extracting stone nearby to build Fort George on the far side of the Moray Firth.-GM...

, Nairn

Nairn

Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness...

, Plockton

Plockton

Plockton is a village in the Highlands of Scotland with a population of 378 .- Details :Plockton is a picturesque settlement on the shores of Loch Carron...

, Portree

Portree

Portree is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses....

, Rogart

Rogart

Rogart was originally a scattered crofting village, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail 1.5 miles to the southeast, is a newer industrialised village that grew around the arrival of the railway in 1886, with the older village remaining at the original location...

, Strathcarron

Strathcarron

Strathcarron may refer to:*Baron Strathcarron*Strathcarron railway station*Strathcarron, Highland, a village in Scotland*the strath of the River Carron, Wester Ross*the strath of the River Carron *the strath of the River Carron, Sutherland...

, Strathpeffer

Strathpeffer

Strathpeffer is a village and former spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 1,469.-Geography:It lies in a glen 5 miles west of Dingwall, with varying elevation from 200 to 400 feet above sea level...

, Strome Ferry, Tain

Tain

Tain is a royal burgh and post town in the committee area of Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland.-Etymology:...

 and Ullapool

Ullapool

Ullapool is a small town of around 1,300 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest settlement for many miles around, and is a major tourist destination of Scotland. The North Atlantic Drift passes by Ullapool, bringing moderate temperatures...

 in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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! IV1
| INVERNESS
| Inverness centre and north, including the Longman

Longman, Inverness

The Longman is an area in the city of Inverness, in Scotland. Located north of the city centre, it is bounded by the Moray Firth and River Ness and is home to the largest industrial estate in the city....

, plus North Kessock

North Kessock

North Kessock is a village on the Black Isle north of Inverness.-Description:...

 and Kilmuir

Kilmuir, Black Isle

Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north coast of the Moray Firth in the Black Isle and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Kilmuir is located 2.5 miles northeast of Inverness....

| Highland

Highland (council area)

Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute. Their councils, and those of Angus and...

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! IV2
| INVERNESS
| Inverness east, plus Culloden, Balloch

Balloch, Highland

Balloch is a residential village located 4 miles east of the city of Inverness, Scotland.Many children living in the area attend Culloden Academy. Balloch also has a local shop which is currently having an extension constructed. There is a village hall, a bowling club, a village trust and a .Like...

 and Ardersier

Ardersier

Ardersier is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands, on the Moray Firth, east of Inverness, near Fort George, and Nairn . Its name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners", one local legend being that carpenters working on the construction...

| Highland
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! IV3
| INVERNESS
| Inverness west, plus Dochgarroch

Dochgarroch

Dochgarroch is a settlement that lies at the start of the Caledonian Canal, at the head of Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....

, Abriachan

Abriachan

Abriachan , pronounced with the stress on the i , is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated high above the western shore of Loch Ness, 15 km to the south-west of the city of Inverness. The village has a population of approximately 120...

 and Bunchrew

Bunchrew

Bunchrew is a small village close to the south shore of Beauly Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland...

| Highland
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! IV4
| BEAULY
| Beauly

Beauly

Beauly is a town of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire, on the River Beauly, 10 miles west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. Its population was 855 in 1901...

, Kiltarlity

Kiltarlity

Kiltarlity is a small village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is west of Inverness, and south of Beauly, on the Bruiach Burn. It has a population of under 1000 people, and a primary school, Tomnacross Primary...

, Struy

Struy

Struy is a small village at the northern end of Strathglass, about 15 km south-west of Beauly in the Highland council area of Scotland.The confluence of the River Farrar and the River Glass is a short distance to the east of Struy, here the rivers join to become the River Beauly. The River Farrar...

, Cannich

Cannich

Cannich is a village at the southern end of Strathglass, in the Highlands of Scotland, about west of the city of Inverness...

, Tomich
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! IV5
| INVERNESS
| Kirkhill

Kirkhill, Highland

Kirkhill is a village, located 2 miles east of Beauly, close to the south opening of the Beauly Firth, and 10 miles west of Inverness, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....

, Inchmore

Inchmore

Inchmore is a small hamlet at the foot of Glen Strathfarrar, in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. It is situated 1 km north west of Struy, and 14 km southwest of Beauly, and in the Highland council area. It is on the north bank of the River Farrar, and is the location of a...

, Moniack and Cabrich

Cabrich

Cabrich is a village in Highland, Scotland.The small rural hamlet is approximately 11 miles north east of the city of Inverness. It is situated on a gently sloping hill.- Size and Attraction :...

| Highland
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! IV6
| MUIR OF ORD
| Muir of Ord

Muir of Ord

Muir of Ord is a village in Highland, Scotland. It is situated near the western boundary of the Black Isle, about 20 km west of the city of Inverness, and 10 km south of Dingwall...

, Marybank

Marybank

Marybank is a small village in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Muir of Ord lies 3 miles south east of Marybank, along the A832 road. The village of Contin lies less than 2 miles northwest of Marybank.Scotland has another village called...

, Strathconon
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! IV7
| DINGWALL
| Conon Bridge, Culbokie
| Highland
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! IV8
| MUNLOCHY
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| Highland
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! IV9
| AVOCH
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| Highland
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! IV10
| FORTROSE
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| Highland
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! IV11
| CROMARTY
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| Highland
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! IV12
| NAIRN
| Auldearn
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! IV13
| INVERNESS
| Tomatin

Tomatin

Tomatin is a small village on the River Findhorn in Strathdearn in the Scottish Highlands about south of the city of Inverness. The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic name Tom-Ah-Tin . The river Findhorn rises at Coignafearn, a large game estate near Tomatin, and then passes through Tomatin...

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! IV14
| STRATHPEFFER
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| Highland
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! IV15
| DINGWALL
| Dingwall
| Highland
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! IV16
| DINGWALL
| Evanton
| Highland
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! IV17
| ALNESS
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| Highland
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! IV18
| INVERGORDON
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| Highland
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! IV19
| TAIN
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| Highland
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! IV20
| TAIN
| Fearn
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! IV21
| GAIRLOCH
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| Highland
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! IV22
| ACHNASHEEN
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| Highland
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! IV23
| GARVE
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| Highland
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! IV24
| ARDGAY
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| Highland
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! IV25
| DORNOCH
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! IV26
| ULLAPOOL
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| Highland
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! IV27
| LAIRG
| Lairg

Lairg

Lairg is a village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It has a population of about 700and is situated at the south-eastern end of Lairg is a village in [[Sutherland]], [[Highland |Highland]], [[Scotland]]...

, Durness

Durness

Durness is a huge but remote parish in the northwestern Highlands of Scotland, encompassing all the land between the Moine to the East and the Gualin to the West...

, Tongue

Tongue, Highland

Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal...

, Scourie

Scourie

Scourie , historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. It is in the traditional county of Sutherland, now part of the Highland council area, and the population of the village is just over two hundred. It is known as the...

| Highland
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! IV28
| ROGART
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| Highland
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! IV30
| ELGIN
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| Moray
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! IV31
| LOSSIEMOUTH
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| Moray
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! IV32
| FOCHABERS
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| Moray
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! IV36
| FORRES
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| Moray
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! IV40
| KYLE
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| Highland
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! IV41
| ISLE OF SKYE
| Kyleakin
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! IV42
| ISLE OF SKYE
| Breakish
| Highland
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! IV43
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV44
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV45
| ISLE OF SKYE
| Armadale
| Highland
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! IV46
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV47
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV48
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV49
| ISLE OF SKYE
| Broadford
| Highland
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! IV51
| PORTREE
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| Highland
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! IV52
| PLOCKTON
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| Highland
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! IV53
| STROME FERRY
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| Highland
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! IV54
| STRATHCARRON
| Applecross
| Highland
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! IV55
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV56
| ISLE OF SKYE
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| Highland
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! IV63
| INVERNESS
| Drumnadrochit

Drumnadrochit

Drumnadrochit is a village inthe Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying on the west shore of Loch Ness, at the foot of Glen Urquhart.-History:...

, Glenurquhart and Invermoriston

Invermoriston

Invermoriston is a small village 7 miles north of Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland. The village is on the A82 road, at a junction with the A887. The village's most visited attraction is the Thomas Telford bridge, built in 1813, which crosses the spectacular River Moriston falls...

| Highland
|}Originally, the IV postcode area included IV33, 34 & 35, covering the areas of the Post Towns of Carron, Knockando and Rothes. These areas were transferred to the Post Town of Aberlour, and in August 1994 they were recoded as parts of postcode district AB38.