IV1 postcode district: Inverness and around, Highland

IV1 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 285 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Inverness. Its council is Highland.

Postcodes in use
285
Sectors
3
Council
Highland
Places
Inverness

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

Every postcode in IV1, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in IV1, by new since 2020 Of the 285 postcodes in IV1 that ONS places, 20 are new since 2020 and 265 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 15 new postcodes since 2020. Places named: Inverness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A9A862 IV1 1AD: before 2020IV1 1AF: before 2020IV1 1BA: before 2020IV1 1DA: before 2020IV1 1DG: before 2020IV1 1DP: before 2020IV1 1DR: before 2020IV1 1DW: before 2020IV1 1DY: before 2020IV1 1EA: before 2020IV1 1EN: before 2020IV1 1ES: before 2020IV1 1EY: before 2020IV1 1FB: before 2020IV1 1FF: before 2020IV1 1FJ: before 2020IV1 1HD: before 2020IV1 1HG: before 2020IV1 1HN: before 2020IV1 1HT: before 2020IV1 1JJ: before 2020IV1 1JT: before 2020IV1 1JY: before 2020IV1 1LE: before 2020IV1 1LL: before 2020IV1 1LN: before 2020IV1 1LQ: before 2020IV1 1LR: before 2020IV1 1LT: before 2020IV1 1LU: before 2020IV1 1LW: before 2020IV1 1LX: before 2020IV1 1LY: before 2020IV1 1NA: before 2020IV1 1NB: before 2020IV1 1ND: before 2020IV1 1NE: before 2020IV1 1NF: before 2020IV1 1NJ: before 2020IV1 1NL: before 2020IV1 1NP: before 2020IV1 1NQ: before 2020IV1 1NS: before 2020IV1 1NT: before 2020IV1 1NX: before 2020IV1 1NZ: before 2020IV1 1PA: before 2020IV1 1PB: before 2020IV1 1PG: before 2020IV1 1PX: before 2020IV1 1QQ: before 2020IV1 1QU: before 2020IV1 1QY: before 2020IV1 1RE: before 2020IV1 1RF: before 2020IV1 1RJ: before 2020IV1 1RL: before 2020IV1 1RN: before 2020IV1 1RY: before 2020IV1 1SD: before 2020IV1 1SF: before 2020IV1 1SG: before 2020IV1 1SL: before 2020IV1 1SN: before 2020IV1 1SQ: before 2020IV1 1SR: before 2020IV1 1ST: before 2020IV1 1SU: before 2020IV1 1SX: before 2020IV1 1SY: before 2020IV1 1TB: before 2020IV1 1TD: before 2020IV1 1TF: before 2020IV1 1TR: before 2020IV1 1TY: before 2020IV1 1UA: before 2020IV1 1UB: before 2020IV1 1UF: before 2020IV1 3AA: before 2020IV1 3AB: before 2020IV1 3AD: before 2020IV1 3JA: before 2020IV1 3JB: before 2020IV1 3JD: before 2020IV1 3JE: before 2020IV1 3JF: before 2020IV1 3JG: before 2020IV1 3JH: before 2020IV1 3JJ: before 2020IV1 3JL: before 2020IV1 3JU: before 2020IV1 3UB: before 2020IV1 3UD: before 2020IV1 3UF: before 2020IV1 3WX: before 2020IV1 3WY: before 2020IV1 3XA: before 2020IV1 3XB: before 2020IV1 3XD: before 2020IV1 3XE: before 2020IV1 3XF: before 2020IV1 3XG: before 2020IV1 3XH: before 2020IV1 3XJ: before 2020IV1 3XL: before 2020IV1 3XN: before 2020IV1 3XP: before 2020IV1 3XQ: before 2020IV1 3XR: before 2020IV1 3XS: before 2020IV1 3XT: before 2020IV1 3XU: before 2020IV1 3XW: before 2020IV1 3XX: before 2020IV1 3XY: before 2020IV1 3XZ: before 2020IV1 3YA: before 2020IV1 3YB: before 2020IV1 3YD: before 2020IV1 3YE: before 2020IV1 3YF: before 2020IV1 3YG: before 2020IV1 3YH: before 2020IV1 3YJ: before 2020IV1 3YQ: before 2020IV1 3ZD: before 2020IV1 3ZE: before 2020IV1 3ZF: before 2020IV1 3ZG: before 2020IV1 9SA: before 2020IV1 1AG: new since 2020IV1 1AH: new since 2020IV1 1AJ: new since 2020IV1 1AL: new since 2020IV1 1AN: new since 2020IV1 3AE: new since 2020IV1 9ZZ: new since 2020IV1 1YT: new since 2020IV1 1QH: new since 2020 Inverness 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined: this goes to IV1 9HD, the newest of them15 new postcodes since 2020 Map of every postcode in IV1, by new since 2020 Of the 285 postcodes in IV1 that ONS places, 20 are new since 2020 and 265 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 15 new postcodes since 2020. Places named: Inverness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2 km. A862 Inverness 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined: this goes to IV1 9HD, the newest of them15 new postcodes since 2020
  • New since 2020: 20
  • In use before 2020: 265
  • Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 285 postcodes in IV1 that ONS places, 20 are new since 2020 and 265 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 240 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 57.4841, longitude -4.2351. 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

IV1 9ZZJanuary 2026IV1 9HDAugust 2025IV1 1ALJune 2025IV1 9HAMay 2025IV1 9GXMarch 2024

Where the new postcodes lie together

  • 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV1 9HD, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in IV1?

Ofcom reports on 165 of the 285 postcodes in IV1. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit67 of 165
Postcodes where every home can get superfast136 of 165
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 165

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 IV1

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

IV1 1129 postcodesIV1 352 postcodesIV1 9104 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in IV1

Towns and villages with postcodes in IV1, and how many each has here.

Inverness postcodes,233

Who covers IV1

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

Councils

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Constituencies

  • Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire233
  • Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross52

Police force areas

  • Scotland285

Next to IV1

IV2 postcode district All IV districts Inverness postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the district after IV1 in the IV area.

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