IV3 8RL

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: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Postcode district: IV3
Postcode sector: IV3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IV3 8RJ	802 m
IV5 7PX	943 m
IV5 7QP	1.0 km
IV3 8RN	1.5 km
IV5 7PU	1.5 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IV3 8RL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 1998
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: IV
Postcode district: IV3
Postcode sector: IV3 8
Latitude: 57.474035
Longitude: -4.370967
British National Grid easting: 257,917
British National Grid northing: 845,125

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: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · S14000069
Output area: S00163180
Lower layer super output area: Inverness West Rural - 01 · S01017826
Middle layer super output area: Inverness West Rural · S02003306

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+: 85.1%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 85.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 85.1%
Gigabit-capable: 85.1%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 70.2%

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

Nursing Home

BCT · Lentran
0.3 miles
Nursing Home

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0.4 miles
Old School

BCT · Inchmore
0.5 miles
Old School

BCT · Inchmore
0.5 miles
Lentran Station

BCT · Lentran
0.6 miles