PH postcode area
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The PH postcode area, also known as the Perth postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Aberfeldy, Acharacle
, Arisaig
, Auchterarder
, Aviemore
, Ballachulish
, Blairgowrie
, Boat of Garten
, Carrbridge
, Corrour, Crieff
, Dalwhinnie
, Dunkeld
, Fort Augustus
, Fort William, Glenfinnan
, Grantown-on-Spey
, Invergarry
, Isle of Canna
, Isle of Eigg
, Isle of Rum
, Kingussie
, Kinlochleven
, Lochailort
, Mallaig
, Nethy Bridge
, Newtonmore
, Perth
, Pitlochry
, Roy Bridge
and Spean Bridge
in Scotland
.
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! PH1
| PERTH
|City centre north and west of the Post Office, and immediate hinterland villages
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH2
| PERTH
|City centre south and east of the Post Office, and immediate hinterland villages
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH3
| AUCHTERARDER
| Aberuthven
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH4
| AUCHTERARDER
| Blackford
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH5
| CRIEFF
| Muthill
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH6
| CRIEFF
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH7
| CRIEFF
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH8
| DUNKELD
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH9
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH10
| BLAIRGOWRIE
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH11
| BLAIRGOWRIE
| Alyth
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH12
| BLAIRGOWRIE
| Meigle, Newtyle
| Perth and Kinross, Angus
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! PH13
| BLAIRGOWRIE
| Coupar Angus,
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH14
| PERTH
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH15
| ABERFELDY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH16
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH17
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH18
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH19
| DALWHINNIE
| Dalwhinnie
| Highland
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! PH20
| NEWTONMORE
| Newtonmore, Kinloch Laggan
, Laggan
| Highland
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! PH21
| KINGUSSIE
| Kingussie, Insh
, Kincraig
| Highland
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! PH22
| AVIEMORE
| Aviemore
| Highland
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! PH23
| CARRBRIDGE
| Carrbridge, Bogroy
| Highland
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! PH24
| BOAT OF GARTEN
| Boat of Garten
| Highland
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! PH25
| NETHY BRIDGE
| Nethy Bridge
| Highland
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! PH26
| GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY
| Grantown-on-Spey, Advie
, Cromdale
, Dulnain Bridge
| Highland
|-
! PH30
| CORROUR
| Corrour
| Highland
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! PH31
| ROY BRIDGE
| Roybridge, Murlaggan, Tulloch
| Highland
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! PH32
| FORT AUGUSTUS
| Fort Augustus, Auchterawe
| Highland
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! PH33
| FORT WILLIAM
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| Highland
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! PH34
| SPEAN BRIDGE
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| Highland
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! PH35
| INVERGARRY
| Invergarry
| Highland
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! PH36
| ACHARACLE
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| Highland
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! PH37
| GLENFINNAN
| Glenfinnan
, Polloch
| Highland
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! PH38
| LOCHAILORT
| Lochailort
, Glenuig
, Kinlochmoidart
| Highland
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! PH39
| ARISAIG
| Arisaig
| Highland
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! PH40
| MALLAIG
| Morar
| Highland
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! PH41
| MALLAIG
| Knoydart
| Highland
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! PH42
| ISLE OF EIGG
| Isle of Eigg
| Highland
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! PH43
| ISLE OF RUM
| Isle of Rum
| Highland
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! PH44
| ISLE OF CANNA
| Isle of Canna
| Highland
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! PH49
| BALLACHULISH
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| Highland
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! PH50
| KINLOCHLEVEN
| Kinlochleven
| Highland
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Acharacle
Acharacle is a township in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, in the Scottish council area of Highland. The name comes from the Gaelic Ath Thorguil or Torquil's ford, following a battle in 1120 at a nearby ford across the River Shiel between the Celtic-Norse warrior Somerled and the Norse invader Torquil...
, Arisaig
Arisaig
Arisaig is a village in Lochaber, Invernessshire, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.-History:On 20 September 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie left Scotland for France from a place near the village following the failure of the Jacobite Rising. The site of his departure is marked by the Prince's...
, Auchterarder
Auchterarder
Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon"....
, Aviemore
Aviemore
Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
, Ballachulish
Ballachulish
The village of Ballachulish in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred around former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish was more correctly applied to the area now called North Ballachulish, to the north of Loch Leven, but was usurped for the quarry villages at East Laroch and West Laroch,...
, Blairgowrie
Blairgowrie and Rattray
Blairgowrie and Rattray and Raitear is possibly from an English language cognate of Gaelic ràth, meaning fortress + a Pictish term cognate with Welsh tref, meaning settlement) is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Amongst locals, the town is colloquially known simply as "Blair"...
, Boat of Garten
Boat of Garten
Boat of Garten is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the same in 2001.-Etymology:...
, Carrbridge
Carrbridge
Carrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy.It has the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands and nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest...
, Corrour, Crieff
Crieff
Crieff is a market town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich and also lies on the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins onto the A823 which leads to Dunfermline....
, Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie "Meeting Place" is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.-Location:Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m. It is one of the coldest villages in the UK, having an average annual temperature of 6.5oC, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering.It is north of Drumochter,...
, Dunkeld
Dunkeld
Dunkeld is a small town in Strathtay, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is about 15 miles north of Perth on the eastern side of the A9 road into the Scottish Highlands and on the opposite side of the Tay from the Victorian village of Birnam. Dunkeld and Birnam share a railway station, on the...
, Fort Augustus
Fort Augustus
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 ; its economy is heavily reliant on tourism....
, Fort William, Glenfinnan
Glenfinnan
Glenfinnan is a village in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. It is located at the northern end of Loch Shiel, at the foot of Glenfinnan.- Glenfinnan Monument :...
, Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness .It is the main town in what was the...
, Invergarry
Invergarry
Invergarry is a village in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry flows into Loch Oich.Near the centre of the village is the junction between the A82 road and the A87 road which branches off to the west towards Skye.The ruined Invergarry Castle is situated...
, Isle of Canna
Canna, Scotland
Canna is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. The island is long and wide...
, Isle of Eigg
Eigg
Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is long from north to south, and east to west. With an area of , it is the second largest of the Small Isles after Rùm.-Geography:The main...
, Isle of Rum
Rùm
Rùm , a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland...
, Kingussie
Kingussie
Kingussie is a small town in the Highland region of Scotland. It is one settlement in the Highland Council ward of Badenoch and Strathspey, and is the capital of the district of Badenoch. It lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street...
, Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven is a village in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven, a sea loch cutting into the western Scottish Highlands. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe...
, Lochailort
Lochailort
Lochailort is a hamlet in Scotland that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 loop towards Salen and Strontian. It is served by Lochailort railway station on the West Highland Line...
, Mallaig
Mallaig
Mallaig ; is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line , completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles".The village of Mallaig...
, Nethy Bridge
Nethy Bridge
Nethy Bridge is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Abernethy and Kincardine...
, Newtonmore
Newtonmore
Newtonmore is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of about 1000. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland...
, Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
, Pitlochry
Pitlochry
Pitlochry , is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its population according to the 2001 census was 2,564....
, Roy Bridge
Roybridge
Roybridge is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located 3 miles east of Spean Bridge, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
and Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a village, in the Highland region of Scotland.The village takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's military road between Fort William and Fort Augustus, and not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the...
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:|-
! PH1
| PERTH
|City centre north and west of the Post Office, and immediate hinterland villages
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH2
| PERTH
|City centre south and east of the Post Office, and immediate hinterland villages
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH3
| AUCHTERARDER
| Aberuthven
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH4
| AUCHTERARDER
| Blackford
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH5
| CRIEFF
| Muthill
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH6
| CRIEFF
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH7
| CRIEFF
|
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH8
| DUNKELD
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH9
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH10
| BLAIRGOWRIE
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH11
| BLAIRGOWRIE
| Alyth
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH12
| BLAIRGOWRIE
| Meigle, Newtyle
Newtyle
Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus, Scotland.It lies 11 miles to the north of Dundee in the south west of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Newtyle in the Sidlaws. The village sits on gently sloping ground with a northwest aspect. The main communication link is the B954 road...
| Perth and Kinross, Angus
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! PH13
| BLAIRGOWRIE
| Coupar Angus,
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH14
| PERTH
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH15
| ABERFELDY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH16
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH17
| PITLOCHRY
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| Perth and Kinross
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! PH18
| PITLOCHRY
|
| Perth and Kinross
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! PH19
| DALWHINNIE
Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie "Meeting Place" is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.-Location:Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m. It is one of the coldest villages in the UK, having an average annual temperature of 6.5oC, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering.It is north of Drumochter,...
| Dalwhinnie
| Highland
|-
! PH20
| NEWTONMORE
Newtonmore
Newtonmore is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of about 1000. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland...
| Newtonmore, Kinloch Laggan
Kinloch Laggan
Kinloch Laggan is a hamlet located at the head of Loch Laggan in Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.The village is situated 12 miles southwest of Newtonmore....
, Laggan
Laggan, Great Glen
Laggan is a village in the Great Glen, in the Highland region of Scotland.-Geography:It is on the main A82 road alongside the Caledonian Canal between Loch Lochy and Loch Oich. It gives its name to the Laggan locks and the Laggan swing bridge where the road crosses the canal....
| Highland
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! PH21
| KINGUSSIE
Kingussie
Kingussie is a small town in the Highland region of Scotland. It is one settlement in the Highland Council ward of Badenoch and Strathspey, and is the capital of the district of Badenoch. It lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street...
| Kingussie, Insh
Insh
Insh is a village that lies on the east coast of the Insh Marshes, four miles east of Kingussie, in the valley of the River Spey, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
, Kincraig
Kincraig
Kincraig is a village located north of Kingussie and south of Aviemore in Highland, Scotland. The village lies at the side of the former A9 road and 100 metres away from the current A9...
| Highland
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! PH22
| AVIEMORE
Aviemore
Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
| Aviemore
| Highland
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! PH23
| CARRBRIDGE
Carrbridge
Carrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy.It has the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands and nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest...
| Carrbridge, Bogroy
Bogroy
Bogroy is a small crofting village, located 0.5 miles northwest of Carrbridge, in Strathspey, in the county of Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, east of Findhom Bridge and northwest...
| Highland
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! PH24
| BOAT OF GARTEN
Boat of Garten
Boat of Garten is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the same in 2001.-Etymology:...
| Boat of Garten
| Highland
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! PH25
| NETHY BRIDGE
Nethy Bridge
Nethy Bridge is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Abernethy and Kincardine...
| Nethy Bridge
| Highland
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! PH26
| GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY
Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness .It is the main town in what was the...
| Grantown-on-Spey, Advie
Advie
Advie is a small village in Strathspey, in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It lies to the south of the River Spey, and next to the A95 road, roughly half-way between Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour.-History:...
, Cromdale
Cromdale
Cromdale is a village in Highland, Scotland and one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical parish of "Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie" in Morayshire....
, Dulnain Bridge
Dulnain Bridge
Dulnain Bridge is a village in Strathspey, next to the meeting of the River Dulnain and the River Spey, three miles south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the Scottish Highlands and the Highland council area.-History:...
| Highland
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! PH30
| CORROUR
| Corrour
| Highland
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! PH31
| ROY BRIDGE
Roybridge
Roybridge is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located 3 miles east of Spean Bridge, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
| Roybridge, Murlaggan, Tulloch
| Highland
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! PH32
| FORT AUGUSTUS
Fort Augustus
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 ; its economy is heavily reliant on tourism....
| Fort Augustus, Auchterawe
| Highland
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! PH33
| FORT WILLIAM
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| Highland
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! PH34
| SPEAN BRIDGE
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| Highland
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! PH35
| INVERGARRY
| Invergarry
Invergarry
Invergarry is a village in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry flows into Loch Oich.Near the centre of the village is the junction between the A82 road and the A87 road which branches off to the west towards Skye.The ruined Invergarry Castle is situated...
| Highland
|-
! PH36
| ACHARACLE
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| Highland
|-
! PH37
| GLENFINNAN
| Glenfinnan
Glenfinnan
Glenfinnan is a village in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. It is located at the northern end of Loch Shiel, at the foot of Glenfinnan.- Glenfinnan Monument :...
, Polloch
Polloch
Polloch is a remote hamlet, located at the north shore of the River Polloch, in an inlet that flows into Loch Shiel, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
| Highland
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! PH38
| LOCHAILORT
| Lochailort
Lochailort
Lochailort is a hamlet in Scotland that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 loop towards Salen and Strontian. It is served by Lochailort railway station on the West Highland Line...
, Glenuig
Glenuig
Glenuig is a small village in Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around 30 miles west of Fort William and 20 miles from Ardnamurchan Point.-Geography:...
, Kinlochmoidart
| Highland
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! PH39
| ARISAIG
| Arisaig
Arisaig
Arisaig is a village in Lochaber, Invernessshire, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.-History:On 20 September 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie left Scotland for France from a place near the village following the failure of the Jacobite Rising. The site of his departure is marked by the Prince's...
| Highland
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! PH40
| MALLAIG
| Morar
| Highland
|-
! PH41
| MALLAIG
| Knoydart
| Highland
|-
! PH42
| ISLE OF EIGG
| Isle of Eigg
Eigg
Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is long from north to south, and east to west. With an area of , it is the second largest of the Small Isles after Rùm.-Geography:The main...
| Highland
|-
! PH43
| ISLE OF RUM
| Isle of Rum
Rùm
Rùm , a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland...
| Highland
|-
! PH44
| ISLE OF CANNA
| Isle of Canna
Canna, Scotland
Canna is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. The island is long and wide...
| Highland
|-
! PH49
| BALLACHULISH
|
| Highland
|-
! PH50
| KINLOCHLEVEN
| Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven is a village in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven, a sea loch cutting into the western Scottish Highlands. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe...
| Highland
|}
See also
- List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
- Centre points of the United KingdomCentre points of the United KingdomThere has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom, and its constituent countries, due to the complexity and method of the calculation, such as whether to include offshore islands, and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time...
- Extreme points of the United KingdomExtreme points of the United KingdomThis is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Traditionally the extent of the island of Great Britain has stretched "from Land's End to John o' Groats" .This article does not include references to the...