Map of IV9 8RL postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	IV9 8RL
Post Town	Avoch
Nearest station	Inverness Airport (9 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.585433
	Longitude	-4.180414
	Easting	269740
	Northing	857138
	Grid reference	NH697571
	UTM reference	30V 429424 6383170
	what3words	stockpile.closets.overused
	FixPhrase	cupbearer lumping stump unfeeling
	Plus code	9C9QHRP9+5R
	Altitude	123 metres (405 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:40
	Sunset (today)	15:36
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	2.6 KMs (1.6 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Black Isle	S13002998
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

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Date usage ended	May 1994
Last updated	November 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less 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)	5,298 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162691
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Black Isle South - 05	S01010723
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Black Isle South	S02002018
Travel to work area	Inverness	S22000068

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