| Postcode | IV17 0QP |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Alness |
| Nearest station | Alness (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Hill Street (S)
Hill Street (N)
Highland Hospice Shop (W)
Mitchell Lane ()
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 59 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 57.698899 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -4.260653 | |
| Easting | 265365 | |
| Northing | 869923 | |
| Grid reference | NH653699 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 424861 6395887 | |
| what3words | common.patting.wreck | |
| FixPhrase | cupcake lumpiness swampland washstand | |
| Plus code | 9C9QMPXQ+HP | |
| Altitude | 35 metres (114 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.9 KMs (1.2 miles) |
| Ward | Cromarty Firth | S13002995 |
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | Highland | S12000017 |
| Constituency (2024) | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | S14000069 |
| MP | Jamie Stone | Liberal Democrat |
| Police force | Scotland | |
| Water company | Scottish Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Population (2011) | 135 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 58 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Small Towns | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00162535 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Alness - 09 | S01017915 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Alness - 08 | S01010739 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Alness | S02003323 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Alness | S02002020 |
| Travel to work area | Alness and Invergordon | S22000048 |