IV9 postcode district
IV9, in the IV (Inverness) postcode area, has 47 live and 11 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 33 roads under it.
| postcode area | IV (Inverness) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 47 |
| terminated postcodes | 11 |
| sectors | 1 |
| roads listed | 33 |
| companies registered | 57 |
| centroid | 57.56875, -4.17865 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
47 of the district's 58 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 57.56875, -4.17865, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| IV9 8 | 47 | 11 |
Companies registered in IV9
Companies House lists 57 companies with a registered office in IV9 (1 October 2026 snapshot).
Places OS Open Names lists for IV9
- Highland
- Scotland
- Avoch
- Killen
Roads filed under IV9
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.
- Alexander Street
- Anderson Drive
- Braehead
- Bridge Street
- Cowan's Place
- East Rosehaugh Drive
- Factory Lane
- Fletcher Gardens
- George Street
- Henrietta Street
- High Street
- James Street
- John Street
- Knockmuir View
- Lady Hill View
- Long Road
- Mackay Terrace
- Mackenzie Place
- Mannsfield Place
- Margaret Street
- Military Road
- Moray Wynd
- Old Mill Road
- Ormonde Terrace
- Park Street
- Rosehaugh
- Rosehaugh Crescent
- Rosehaugh High Drive
- Rose Street
- School Brae
- Shore Street
- Station Road
- Toll Road
Check an address in IV9
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=IV9" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about IV9
- What does an IV9 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the IV9 district of the IV (Inverness) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Avoch. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 47 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 IV9
- IV103.6 km
- IV85.4 km
- IV110.0 km
- IV9910.1 km
- IV311.1 km
- IV211.2 km
- IV712.5 km
- IV1614.3 km
- IV1114.7 km
- IV1814.9 km
- IV1715.2 km
- IV1515.4 km
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