IV3 8LA

Aird and Loch Ness · Highland · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Local authority: Highland
Constituency: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Postcode district: IV3
Postcode sector: IV3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IV3 8JZ	822 m
IV2 6EL	1.2 km
IV3 8JY	1.2 km
IV2 6DP	1.8 km
IV2 6TQ	2.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IV3 8LA
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 1998
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: IV
Postcode district: IV3
Postcode sector: IV3 8
Latitude: 57.403924
Longitude: -4.346239
British National Grid easting: 259,130
British National Grid northing: 837,271

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Highland · S12000017
Electoral ward: Aird and Loch Ness · S13003001
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire · S14000094
Output area: S00163695
Lower layer super output area: Loch Ness - 04 · S01017838
Middle layer super output area: Loch Ness · S02003308

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 33.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 4.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 4.8%
Gigabit-capable: 4.8%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 85.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Village Road End

BCT · Lochend
0.5 miles
Village Road End

BCT · Lochend
0.5 miles
Inverness Loch Ness Ferry Landing

FER · Lochend
0.6 miles
Aldourie Primary School

BCT · Dores
1.1 miles
Rockness

BCT · Dores
1.3 miles