Map of IV42 8WY postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	IV42 8WY
Post Town	Isle of Skye
Nearest station	Kyle Of Lochalsh (9 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.23943
	Longitude	-5.847805
	Easting	167922
	Northing	823085
	Grid reference	NG679230
	UTM reference	30V 328143 6347631
	what3words	vines.hobbyists.rekindle
	Plus code	9C9P65Q2+QV
	Altitude	35 metres (115 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:34
	Sunset (today)	18:31
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.3 KMs (0.8 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Eilean á Chèo	S13002999
Council Area	Highland	S12000017
Constituency (2024)	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	S14000094
MP	Angus MacDonald	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	March 2021
Date usage ended	June 2022
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,784 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00163798
Census output area (2011)	S00118006
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Skye South - 01	S01010673
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Skye South	S02002008
Travel to work area	Broadford and Kyle of Lochalsh	S22000052

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