IV40 postcode district
IV40, in the IV (Inverness) postcode area, has 124 live and 28 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 47 roads under it.
| postcode area | IV (Inverness) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 124 |
| terminated postcodes | 28 |
| sectors | 2 |
| roads listed | 47 |
| companies registered | 111 |
| centroid | 57.27398, -5.64884 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
124 of the district's 152 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 57.27398, -5.64884, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| IV40 8 | 124 | 24 |
| IV40 9 | 0 | 4 |
Companies registered in IV40
Companies House lists 111 companies with a registered office in IV40; none of them at an address shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.
Places OS Open Names lists for IV40
- Highland
- Scotland
- Kyle of Lochalsh
- Chaol Loch Aillse
- Dornie
- Glenelg
- Balmacara
- Carndu
- Inverarish
- Inverinate
- Ardelve
- Ratagan
- Reraig
- Bundalloch
- Erbusaig
- Drumbuie
- Duirinish
- Sallachy
- Camas-luinie
- Killilan
- Auchtertyre
- Avernish
- Camuslongart
- Invershiel
Roads filed under IV40
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Aitemore Road
- Allt Ruadh
- An T-Sraid
- An Taigh-Bainne
- Church Road
- Cnoc Terrace
- Cottages Park
- Darach Court
- Deer Park
- Douglas Row
- Faire Chuain
- Finlayson Road
- Francis Street
- Glebe Road
- Grant Road
- Hamilton Place
- Hamilton Road
- Heathmount Place
- Heathmount Road
- Helen Street
- Inverarish Terrace
- Kyle Terrace
- Langlands Terrace
- Lochalsh Road
- Mackenzie Place
- Main Street
- Mary Street
- Old Military Road
- Old Plock Road
- Pladaig Road
- Plock Road
- Princes Street
- Railway Terrace
- Rathad an Àite Mhòir
- School Park
- School Road
- School Wynd
- Seaview
- Slighe Dhubhthaich
- Station Road
- St Duthac Drive
- Stoney Road
- The Dairy
- The Square
- Wemyss Place
- William Street
- A87
Check an address in IV40
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=IV40" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about IV40
- What does an IV40 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the IV40 district of the IV (Inverness) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Kyle of Lochalsh. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 124 live postcodes.
Where the counts come from
- ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
- os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0
What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.
Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.
Districts nearest IV40
- IV415.3 km
- IV526.9 km
- IV539.6 km
- IV4316.4 km
- IV5417.5 km
- IV4918.2 km
- IV4423.2 km
- IV4527.3 km
- PH4132.0 km
- PH4035.8 km
- IV4741.8 km
- PH3941.9 km
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