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Where is Alves?

Alves is located in the county of Moray, Scotland, four miles south of the town of Burghead, 61 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 117 miles north of Edinburgh, 426 miles north of Cardiff, and 444 miles north of London. Alves was historically in the county of Nairn. Alves falls within the unitary authority of Moray. It is in the IV30 postcode district. The post town for Alves is Elgin.

Alves on a map

Map showing extent of Alves as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Alves
Map showing location of Alves within the UK
Location of Alves within the UK

Which county is Alves in?

Alves is in the ceremonial county of Moray, the historic county of Nairn, and the administrative county of Moray.

Ceremonial CountyMoray
Historic CountyNairn
Administrative CountyMoray

Where is Alves in Moray?

Alves is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Moray, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Moray.

Map showing location of Alves within Moray
Location of Alves within Moray

What is the postcode for Alves?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Alves is IV30 8UF.

Where is Alves in IV30?

Alves is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the IV30 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the IV30 postcode district.

Map showing location of Alves within IV30
Location of Alves within IV30

What is the post town for Alves?

The post town for Alves is Elgin. Alves is in the IV30 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Elgin.

What is the latitude and longitude of Alves?

The centre of Alves is located at position 57.64077° latitude and -3.45489° longitude.

Latitude57.64077°
Longitude-3.45489°

What is the easting and northing of Alves?

The centre of Alves is located at the grid reference easting 313244 and northing 862136 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting313244
Northing862136

What are the nearest towns to Alves?

Position of Alves relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Alves to the centre of the town.

south
4m
Alves is 4 miles south of Burghead
west
5m
Alves is 5 miles west of Elgin
east
6m
Alves is 6 miles east of Forres
south-west
9m
Alves is 9 miles south-west of Lossiemouth
north-west
12m
Alves is 12 miles north-west of Rothes
north-west
15m
Alves is 15 miles north-west of Charlestown of Aberlour
east
16m
Alves is 16 miles east of Nairn
north-west
18m
Alves is 18 miles north-west of Dufftown
west
18m
Alves is 18 miles west of Buckie
west
20m
Alves is 20 miles west of Keith

What are the nearest cities to Alves?

Position of Alves relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Alves to the centre of the city.

east
31m
Alves is 31 miles east of Inverness
north-west
61m
Alves is 61 miles north-west of Aberdeen
north
84m
Alves is 84 miles north of Dundee
north
86m
Alves is 86 miles north of Perth
north
107m
Alves is 107 miles north of Stirling
north
109m
Alves is 109 miles north of Dunfermline
north
117m
Alves is 117 miles north of Edinburgh
north
127m
Alves is 127 miles north of Glasgow
north
191m
Alves is 191 miles north of Carlisle
north
197m
Alves is 197 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne