Map of IV21 2AX postcode

General information

Postcode	IV21 2AX
Post Town	Gairloch
Nearest station	Achnashellach (34 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B8056
Number of UPRNs	36 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.656337
	Longitude	-5.805764
	Easting	173057
	Northing	869312
	Grid reference	NG730693
	UTM reference	30V 332596 6393914
	what3words	attend.proudest.fortnight
	FixPhrase	cupcake living spinster twistable
	Plus code	9C9PM54V+GM
	Altitude	35 metres (114 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:34
	Sunset (today)	16:41
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.3 KMs (0.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh	S13002994
Council Area	Highland	S12000017
Constituency (2024)	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	S14000094
MP	Angus MacDonald	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

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	September 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)	2
Households (2011)	1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,162 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162499
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Ross and Cromarty South West - 01	S01010686
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Ross and Cromarty South West	S02002011
Travel to work area	Ullapool	S22000082

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