Map of IV55 8YE postcode

General information

Postcode	IV55 8YE
Post Town	Isle of Skye
Nearest station	Kyle Of Lochalsh (54 km)
Bus stops	Museum (NW) Kingsbrae (NW)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.432342
	Longitude	-6.574357
	Easting	125562
	Northing	847245
	Grid reference	NG255472
	UTM reference	29V 645621 6368112
	what3words	taxpayers.describes.cubed
	FixPhrase	culture little silo umbilical
	Plus code	9C9MCCJG+W7
	Altitude	17 metres (56 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:30
	Sunset (today)	16:52
	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
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	July 2025
Last updated	September 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,613 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00163031
Census output area (2011)	1C2
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Skye North West - 03	S01010684
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Skye North West	S02002010
Travel to work area	Portree	S22000077

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