Map of IV55 8YA postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	IV55 8YA
Post Town	Isle of Skye
Nearest station	Kyle Of Lochalsh (64 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.445779
	Longitude	-6.741728
	Easting	115631
	Northing	849428
	Grid reference	NG156494
	UTM reference	29V 635525 6369261
	what3words	clip.escape.zaps
	FixPhrase	culture litmus sly verify
	Plus code	9C9MC7W5+88
	Altitude	58 metres (189 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:47
	Sunset (today)	15:48
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.8 KMs (0.5 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Eilean á Chèo	S13002999
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	August 2000
Date usage ended	September 2000
Last updated	November 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,627 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162965
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Skye North West - 04	S01010685
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Skye North West	S02002010
Travel to work area	Portree	S22000077

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