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Where is Torness?

Torness is located in the county of Inverness, Scotland, 12 miles south-west of the city of Inverness, 80 miles north-west of the major city of Dundee, 105 miles north-west of Edinburgh, 407 miles north of Cardiff, and 436 miles north-west of London. Torness was historically in the county of Inverness-shire. Torness falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the IV2 postcode district. The post town for Torness is Inverness.

Torness on a map

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

Which county is Torness in?

Torness is in the ceremonial county of Inverness, the historic county of Inverness-shire, and the administrative county of Highland.

Ceremonial CountyInverness
Historic CountyInverness-shire
Administrative CountyHighland

Where is Torness in Inverness?

Torness is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Inverness, and towards the easternmost extremity of Inverness.

Map showing location of Torness within Inverness
Location of Torness within Inverness

Where is Torness in IV2?

Torness is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the IV2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the IV2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Torness within IV2
Location of Torness within IV2

What is the post town for Torness?

The post town for Torness is Inverness. Torness is in the IV2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Inverness.

What is the latitude and longitude of Torness?

The centre of Torness is located at position 57.31979° latitude and -4.36539° longitude.

Latitude57.31979°
Longitude-4.36539°

What is the easting and northing of Torness?

The centre of Torness is located at the grid reference easting 257654 and northing 827946 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting257654
Northing827946

What are the nearest towns to Torness?

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

south
19m
Torness is 19 miles south of Dingwall
south-west
20m
Torness is 20 miles south-west of Fortrose
north-west
20m
Torness is 20 miles north-west of Kingussie
north-west
22m
Torness is 22 miles north-west of Aviemore
south-west
26m
Torness is 26 miles south-west of Nairn
south
26m
Torness is 26 miles south of Alness
south
27m
Torness is 27 miles south of Invergordon
south-west
28m
Torness is 28 miles south-west of Cromarty
west
28m
Torness is 28 miles west of Grantown-on-Spey
south-west
35m
Torness is 35 miles south-west of Forres

What are the nearest cities to Torness?

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

south-west
12m
Torness is 12 miles south-west of Inverness
north-west
73m
Torness is 73 miles north-west of Perth
north-west
80m
Torness is 80 miles north-west of Dundee
north
85m
Torness is 85 miles north of Stirling
west
86m
Torness is 86 miles west of Aberdeen
north
93m
Torness is 93 miles north of Dunfermline
north
101m
Torness is 101 miles north of Glasgow
north-west
105m
Torness is 105 miles north-west of Edinburgh
north
177m
Torness is 177 miles north of Carlisle
north-west
194m
Torness is 194 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne