Map of IV16 9XF postcode

General information

Postcode	IV16 9XF
Post Town	Dingwall
Nearest station	Alness (7 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	Ash Hill Knock Rash Swordale Court Swordale Road
Number of UPRNs	21 View
Businesses	THE INVERNESS SOAP COMPANY LTD.

Geography

	Latitude	57.663669
	Longitude	-4.352199
	Easting	259774
	Northing	866188
	Grid reference	NH597661
	UTM reference	30V 419327 6392070
	what3words	backpacks.observers.dame
	FixPhrase	cupcake luminous spyglass uphill
	Plus code	9C9QMJ7X+F4
	Altitude	74 metres (243 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:50
	Sunset (today)	16:05
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	2.8 KMs (1.7 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Cromarty Firth	S13002995
Council Area	Highland	S12000017
Constituency (2024)	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	S14000069
MP	Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	November 1991
Last updated	December 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	37
Households (2011)	19
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	4,987 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162629
Census output area (2011)	S00117931
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Ross and Cromarty East - 02	S01017873
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Ross and Cromarty East - 02	S01010700
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Ross and Cromarty East	S02003316
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Ross and Cromarty East	S02002014
Travel to work area	Alness and Invergordon	S22000048

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