IV51 postcode area guide — Highland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the IV51 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in IV51
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
73.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
8.7%
Gigabit-capable
8.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
1.7%
Broadband availability in the IV51 postcode district (Highland) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 208 postcodes Ofcom measures in IV51, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 73.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 8.7%.
Around 1.7% of premises in IV51 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in IV51
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| IV51 9AB | 100% | 0% |
| IV51 9AD | 0% | 0% |
| IV51 9AE | 100% | 0% |
| IV51 9AF | 100% | 100% |
| IV51 9AG | 0% | 0% |
| IV51 9AH | 100% | 100% |
| IV51 9AJ | 100% | 100% |
| IV51 9BD | 100% | 0% |
| IV51 9BE | 0% | 0% |
| IV51 9BQ | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Highland
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Highland district (137,217 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
81.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
20.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.2%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in IV51
224 rated food businesses operate in IV51. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Aitreabh an Eilean, Boots The Chemist, Bosville Hotel, Caledonian Cafe, Canowindra B&B.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Highland
Landlines around IV51 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.