IV17 postcode district: Alness and around, Highland

IV17 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 182 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Alness. Its council is Highland.

Postcodes in use
182
Sectors
1
Council
Highland
Places
Alness

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in IV17, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in IV17, by new since 2020 Of the 182 postcodes in IV17 that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 176 were in use before 2020. Places named: Alness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A9 IV17 0AA: before 2020IV17 0AB: before 2020IV17 0AD: before 2020IV17 0AE: before 2020IV17 0AF: before 2020IV17 0AG: before 2020IV17 0AH: before 2020IV17 0NA: before 2020IV17 0NZ: before 2020IV17 0PA: before 2020IV17 0PB: before 2020IV17 0PD: before 2020IV17 0PE: before 2020IV17 0PF: before 2020IV17 0PG: before 2020IV17 0PH: before 2020IV17 0PJ: before 2020IV17 0PL: before 2020IV17 0PN: before 2020IV17 0PP: before 2020IV17 0PQ: before 2020IV17 0PR: before 2020IV17 0PS: before 2020IV17 0PT: before 2020IV17 0PU: before 2020IV17 0PW: before 2020IV17 0PZ: before 2020IV17 0QA: before 2020IV17 0QE: before 2020IV17 0QF: before 2020IV17 0QG: before 2020IV17 0QH: before 2020IV17 0QL: before 2020IV17 0QN: before 2020IV17 0QP: before 2020IV17 0QR: before 2020IV17 0QS: before 2020IV17 0QT: before 2020IV17 0QU: before 2020IV17 0QX: before 2020IV17 0QY: before 2020IV17 0RE: before 2020IV17 0RF: before 2020IV17 0RG: before 2020IV17 0RH: before 2020IV17 0RJ: before 2020IV17 0RL: before 2020IV17 0RN: before 2020IV17 0RP: before 2020IV17 0RQ: before 2020IV17 0RS: before 2020IV17 0RT: before 2020IV17 0RU: before 2020IV17 0RY: before 2020IV17 0RZ: before 2020IV17 0SA: before 2020IV17 0SB: before 2020IV17 0SD: before 2020IV17 0SE: before 2020IV17 0SP: before 2020IV17 0SQ: before 2020IV17 0SR: before 2020IV17 0SU: before 2020IV17 0SW: before 2020IV17 0SY: before 2020IV17 0SZ: before 2020IV17 0TA: before 2020IV17 0TD: before 2020IV17 0TE: before 2020IV17 0TG: before 2020IV17 0TJ: before 2020IV17 0TL: before 2020IV17 0TN: before 2020IV17 0TP: before 2020IV17 0TR: before 2020IV17 0TT: before 2020IV17 0TU: before 2020IV17 0TW: before 2020IV17 0TX: before 2020IV17 0TY: before 2020IV17 0TZ: before 2020IV17 0UF: before 2020IV17 0UG: before 2020IV17 0UH: before 2020IV17 0UJ: before 2020IV17 0UL: before 2020IV17 0UN: before 2020IV17 0UP: before 2020IV17 0UR: before 2020IV17 0UT: before 2020IV17 0UU: before 2020IV17 0UX: before 2020IV17 0UY: before 2020IV17 0WJ: before 2020IV17 0WL: before 2020IV17 0WQ: before 2020IV17 0WZ: before 2020IV17 0XD: before 2020IV17 0XE: before 2020IV17 0XF: before 2020IV17 0XG: before 2020IV17 0XH: before 2020IV17 0XJ: before 2020IV17 0XL: before 2020IV17 0XN: before 2020IV17 0XP: before 2020IV17 0XR: before 2020IV17 0XS: before 2020IV17 0XT: before 2020IV17 0XU: before 2020IV17 0XW: before 2020IV17 0XX: before 2020IV17 0XY: before 2020IV17 0XZ: before 2020IV17 0YA: before 2020IV17 0YB: before 2020IV17 0YD: before 2020IV17 0YE: before 2020IV17 0YF: before 2020IV17 0YG: before 2020IV17 0YH: before 2020IV17 0YJ: before 2020IV17 0YP: before 2020IV17 0YQ: before 2020IV17 0YR: before 2020IV17 0YT: before 2020IV17 0YU: before 2020IV17 0AJ: new since 2020IV17 0AL: new since 2020IV17 0AN: new since 2020IV17 0AQ: new since 2020IV17 0AT: new since 2020IV17 0WA: new since 2020 Alness Map of every postcode in IV17, by new since 2020 Of the 182 postcodes in IV17 that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 176 were in use before 2020. Places named: Alness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. Alness
  • New since 2020: 6
  • In use before 2020: 176

Of the 182 postcodes in IV17 that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 176 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 57.6989, longitude -4.2593. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

IV17 0ATMay 2026IV17 0AQOctober 2023IV17 0ANNovember 2021IV17 0WAOctober 2020IV17 0ALSeptember 2020

What broadband can you get in IV17?

Ofcom reports on 178 of the 182 postcodes in IV17. At 130 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit130 of 178
Postcodes where every home can get superfast154 of 178

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in IV17

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IV17 0182 postcodes
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Places in IV17

Towns and villages with postcodes in IV17, and how many each has here.

Alness postcodes,144

Who covers IV17

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

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Constituencies

  • Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross182

Police force areas

  • Scotland182

Next to IV17

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