IV postcode area: Inverness
The IV postcode area is known as the Inverness area. It is every postcode that begins IV followed by a number. It has 50 districts and 7,576 postcodes in use, across 2 councils.
For the town itself, see Inverness postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 57.5954
Longitude -4.1849
This is the middle of the postcodes in the IV area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
How do the IV districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- IV1 postcode district: InvernessHighland 285 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home67 of 165
- IV2 postcode district: InvernessHighland 1,267 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home872 of 1,238
- IV3 postcode district: InvernessHighland 466 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home374 of 460
- IV4 postcode district: BeaulyHighland 130 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home67 of 128
- IV5 postcode district: No place listedHighland 42 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home21 of 42
- IV6 postcode district: Muir of OrdHighland 128 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home27 of 127
- IV7 postcode district: Conon BridgeHighland 156 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home37 of 155
- IV8 postcode district: No place listedHighland 33 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home19 of 33
- IV9 postcode district: No place listedHighland 47 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home35 of 45
- IV10 postcode district: FortroseHighland 83 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home58 of 82
- IV11 postcode district: No place listedHighland 45 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home33 of 43
- IV12 postcode district: NairnHighland 437 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home50 of 427
- IV13 postcode district: No place listedHighland 20 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home6 of 19
- IV14 postcode district: StrathpefferHighland 75 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home54 of 74
- IV15 postcode district: DingwallHighland 220 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home81 of 206
- IV16 postcode district: No place listedHighland 56 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home33 of 55
- IV17 postcode district: AlnessHighland 182 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home130 of 178
- IV18 postcode district: InvergordonHighland 199 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home148 of 198
- IV19 postcode district: TainHighland 198 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home123 of 193
- IV20 postcode district: No place listedHighland 118 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home86 of 118
- IV21 postcode district: No place listedHighland 49 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home2 of 48
- IV22 postcode district: No place listedHighland 78 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home8 of 76
- IV23 postcode district: No place listedHighland 50 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home9 of 49
- IV24 postcode district: No place listedHighland 45 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home24 of 45
- IV25 postcode district: DornochHighland 145 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home94 of 138
- IV26 postcode district: UllapoolHighland 73 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home3 of 73
- IV27 postcode district: No place listedHighland 191 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home27 of 187
- IV28 postcode district: No place listedHighland 22 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 22
- IV30 postcode district: ElginMoray 1,099 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home685 of 1,042
- IV31 postcode district: LossiemouthMoray 267 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home193 of 266
- IV32 postcode district: FochabersMoray 173 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home6 of 170
- IV36 postcode district: ForresMoray 482 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home290 of 470
- IV40 postcode district: No place listedHighland 124 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home8 of 122
- IV41 postcode district: No place listedHighland 13 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 12
- IV42 postcode district: No place listedHighland 7 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home1 of 7
- IV43 postcode district: No place listedHighland 10 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 10
- IV44 postcode district: No place listedHighland 10 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home1 of 10
- IV45 postcode district: No place listedHighland 12 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home1 of 11
- IV46 postcode district: No place listedHighland 3 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home1 of 3
- IV47 postcode district: No place listedHighland 19 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 19
- IV48 postcode district: No place listedHighland 2 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 2
- IV49 postcode district: No place listedHighland 45 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home2 of 43
- IV51 postcode district: PortreeHighland 235 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home10 of 232
- IV52 postcode district: No place listedHighland 20 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 19
- IV53 postcode district: No place listedHighland 11 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 11
- IV54 postcode district: No place listedHighland 60 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 59
- IV55 postcode district: No place listedHighland 56 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home3 of 55
- IV56 postcode district: No place listedHighland 14 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 14
- IV63 postcode district: No place listedHighland 69 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home28 of 68
- IV99 postcode district: InvernessHighland 5 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the IV area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the IV area, and how many each has.
Councils in the IV area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Highland5,554 postcodes
- Moray2,021 postcodes
Near the IV area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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