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Where is Melness?

Melness is located in the county of Sutherland, Scotland, 33 miles west of the town of Thurso, 129 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 184 miles north of Edinburgh, 490 miles north of Cardiff, and 514 miles north of London. Melness falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the IV27 postcode district. The post town for Melness is Lairg.

Melness on a map

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

Which county is Melness in?

Melness is in the ceremonial county of Sutherland, the historic county of Sutherland, and the administrative county of Highland.

Ceremonial CountySutherland
Historic CountySutherland
Administrative CountyHighland

Where is Melness in Sutherland?

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

Map showing location of Melness within Sutherland
Location of Melness within Sutherland

What is the postcode for Melness?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Melness is IV27 4YS.

Where is Melness in IV27?

Melness is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the IV27 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the IV27 postcode district.

Map showing location of Melness within IV27
Location of Melness within IV27

What is the post town for Melness?

The post town for Melness is Lairg. Melness is in the IV27 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lairg.

What is the latitude and longitude of Melness?

The centre of Melness is located at position 58.53203° latitude and -4.43245° longitude.

Latitude58.53203°
Longitude-4.43245°

What is the easting and northing of Melness?

The centre of Melness is located at the grid reference easting 258473 and northing 963000 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting258473
Northing963000

What are the nearest towns to Melness?

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

west
33m
Melness is 33 miles west of Thurso
north
47m
Melness is 47 miles north of Dornoch
west
49m
Melness is 49 miles west of Wick
south-west
50m
Melness is 50 miles south-west of Stromness
north
52m
Melness is 52 miles north of Tain
north
58m
Melness is 58 miles north of Alness
north
59m
Melness is 59 miles north of Invergordon
north
61m
Melness is 61 miles north of Cromarty
south-west
61m
Melness is 61 miles south-west of Kirkwall
north
65m
Melness is 65 miles north of Dingwall

What are the nearest cities to Melness?

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

north
73m
Melness is 73 miles north of Inverness
north-west
129m
Melness is 129 miles north-west of Aberdeen
north
152m
Melness is 152 miles north of Perth
north
153m
Melness is 153 miles north of Dundee
north
168m
Melness is 168 miles north of Stirling
north
174m
Melness is 174 miles north of Dunfermline
north
184m
Melness is 184 miles north of Edinburgh
north
185m
Melness is 185 miles north of Glasgow
north
258m
Melness is 258 miles north of Carlisle
north-west
268m
Melness is 268 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne