Black Isle is a gently rolling peninsula and electoral ward just north of Inverness in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The ward embraces a string of small towns and villages such as Cromarty, Fortrose, Rosemarkie and Avoch, with wide views over the Cromarty and Moray Firths and famous wildlife‑watching at Chanonry Point where bottlenose dolphins are often seen close to shore.
Locally the economy mixes agriculture and crofting with a strong tourism and heritage sector – Fortrose has cathedral ruins, Cromarty retains an 18th‑century townscape, and festivals and local food producers are important to community life. As an electoral ward it returns councillors to the Highland authority and faces the familiar rural issues of transport, housing and services alongside opportunities from nature‑based tourism and small‑scale renewable projects.
Postcode districts covering Black Isle
IV1, IV6, IV7, IV8, IV9, IV10, IV11
Most populated places nearby
- Inverness 8.8 miles14.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Avoch Place 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Munlochy Place 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Fortrose Place 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Rosemarkie Place 3.9 miles6.2 km
- North Kessock Place 6.2 miles10 km
- Evanton Place 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Culloden and Ardersier Ward 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Ardersier Place 7 miles11.3 km
- Dingwall and Seaforth Ward 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Alness Place 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Invergordon Place 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Balloch Place 7.7 miles12.4 km
Example postcodes in Black Isle
IV7 8LT, IV1 3JG, IV1 3YH, IV9 8QT, IV9 8RG, IV10 8UY, IV10 8UW, IV6 7RB, IV8 8NP … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Aberdeen Airport 80 miles128.7 km
- Invergordon Railway Station 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Alness Railway Station 7.1 miles11.5 km
Hotels in Black Isle Ad
- Newhall Mains 5
- Courtyard by Marriott Inverness Airport 4
- North Kessock Hotel 3
- Allangrange Hotel Near Inverness
- Novar Arms Hotel
- The Royal Hotel Cromarty
- The Anderson
Schools in Black Isle
- Avoch Primary School Primary
- Cromarty Primary School Primary
- Culbokie Primary School Primary
- Ferintosh Primary School Primary
- Fortrose Academy Secondary
- Mulbuie Primary School Primary
- Munlochy Primary School Primary
- North Kessock Primary School Primary
- Resolis Primary School Primary
- Tore Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Arrie Wood Forest 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Craigiehowe Wood Forest 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Foulis Castle Estate 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Caledonian Stadium Stadium 6.7 miles10.9 km
- Castle Stuart Estate 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Novar House Estate 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Victoria Park Stadium 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Tulloch Castle Estate 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Dunskeath House Estate 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Ness Castle Estate 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Tarradale House Estate 10 miles16.1 km
- Brahan Castle Estate 10.2 miles16.3 km