IV2 postcode district: Inverness and around, Highland
IV2 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 1,267 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Inverness, Westhill, Highland, Culloden and 1 more place. Its council is Highland.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in IV2, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 94
- In use before 2020: 1,173
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,267 postcodes in IV2 that ONS places, 94 are new since 2020 and 1,173 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 190 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 57.4683, longitude -4.1850. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV2 7BJ, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV2 6FZ, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV2 6HP, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV2 7AG, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV2 8BR, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IV2 6LA, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in IV2?
Ofcom reports on 1,238 of the 1,267 postcodes in IV2. At 872 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 26 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in IV2
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Places in IV2
Towns and villages with postcodes in IV2, and how many each has here.
Who covers IV2
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Highland1,267
Constituencies
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire1,130
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey137
Police force areas
- Scotland1,267
Next to IV2
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after IV2 in the IV area.
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