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Where is Fortrose?

Fortrose is located in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, eight miles south of the town of Invergordon, 82 miles west of the major city of Aberdeen, 118 miles north of Edinburgh, 424 miles north of Cardiff, and 449 miles north of London. Fortrose lies two miles north-east of the Inverness border. Fortrose falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the IV10 postcode district. The post town for Fortrose is Fortrose.

Fortrose on a map

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

Which county is Fortrose in?

Fortrose is in the ceremonial county of Ross and Cromarty, the historic county of Ross and Cromarty, and the administrative county of Highland.

Ceremonial CountyRoss and Cromarty
Historic CountyRoss and Cromarty
Administrative CountyHighland

Where is Fortrose in Ross and Cromarty?

Fortrose is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Ross and Cromarty, and towards the easternmost extremity of Ross and Cromarty.

Map showing location of Fortrose within Ross and Cromarty
Location of Fortrose within Ross and Cromarty

What is the postcode for Fortrose?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Fortrose is IV10 8YF.

Where is Fortrose in IV10?

Fortrose is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the IV10 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the IV10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Fortrose within IV10
Location of Fortrose within IV10

What is the post town for Fortrose?

The post town for Fortrose is Fortrose. Fortrose is in the IV10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Fortrose.

What is the latitude and longitude of Fortrose?

The centre of Fortrose is located at position 57.58159° latitude and -4.1308° longitude.

Latitude57.58159°
Longitude-4.1308°

What is the easting and northing of Fortrose?

The centre of Fortrose is located at the grid reference easting 272692 and northing 856617 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting272692
Northing856617

What are the nearest towns to Fortrose?

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

south
8m
Fortrose is 8 miles south of Invergordon
south-west
8m
Fortrose is 8 miles south-west of Cromarty
south-east
9m
Fortrose is 9 miles south-east of Alness
west
10m
Fortrose is 10 miles west of Nairn
east
11m
Fortrose is 11 miles east of Dingwall
south
16m
Fortrose is 16 miles south of Tain
west
19m
Fortrose is 19 miles west of Forres
south
21m
Fortrose is 21 miles south of Dornoch
west
25m
Fortrose is 25 miles west of Burghead
north-west
26m
Fortrose is 26 miles north-west of Grantown-on-Spey

What are the nearest cities to Fortrose?

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

north-east
8m
Fortrose is 8 miles north-east of Inverness
west
82m
Fortrose is 82 miles west of Aberdeen
north
86m
Fortrose is 86 miles north of Perth
north-west
89m
Fortrose is 89 miles north-west of Dundee
north
102m
Fortrose is 102 miles north of Stirling
north
108m
Fortrose is 108 miles north of Dunfermline
north
118m
Fortrose is 118 miles north of Edinburgh
north
119m
Fortrose is 119 miles north of Glasgow
north
192m
Fortrose is 192 miles north of Carlisle
north-west
205m
Fortrose is 205 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne

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