| Postcode | IV17 0QR |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Alness |
| Nearest station | Alness (2 km) |
| Bus stops |
Burnside (S)
Westford (N)
Firhill Steps (E)
Westford (S)
Firhill Steps (W)
Kirkside (W)
|
| Number of UPRNs | 92 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 57.696293 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -4.278681 | |
| Easting | 264281 | |
| Northing | 869669 | |
| Grid reference | NH642696 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 423782 6395617 | |
| what3words | facing.flamenco.charging | |
| FixPhrase | cupcake lumpiness surpass turbine | |
| Plus code | 9C9QMPWC+GG | |
| Altitude | 45 metres (148 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:39 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:37 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.6 KMs (1 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) | 176 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 64 | |
| 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) | S00162549 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Alness - 01 | S01010732 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Alness | S02002020 |
| Travel to work area | Alness and Invergordon | S22000048 |