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Data preview
| rank | place name | county | nearest place | distance miles | place url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uachdar | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Liurbost | 55.93 | https://postcodesuk.com/scotland/na-heileanan-an-iar/uachdar-na-heileanan-an-iar |
| 2 | Norwick | Shetland Islands | Symbister | 33.101 | https://postcodesuk.com/scotland/shetland-islands/norwick-shetland-islands |
| 3 | Glenegedale | Argyll and Bute | Campbeltown | 30.38 | https://postcodesuk.com/scotland/argyll-and-bute/glenegedale-argyll-and-bute |
| 4 | Crossapol | Argyll and Bute | Dervaig | 27.798 | https://postcodesuk.com/scotland/argyll-and-bute/crossapol-argyll-and-bute |
| 5 | Lochcarron | Highland | Gairloch | 23.615 | https://postcodesuk.com/scotland/highland/lochcarron-highland |
Data dictionary
- rank
- Position beginning with the most isolated place.
- place_name
- Town or built-up place name.
- county
- County or equivalent area.
- country
- England, Scotland or Wales.
- place_latitude
- Place latitude in decimal degrees.
- place_longitude
- Place longitude in decimal degrees.
- nearest_place
- Nearest other built-up place in the source list.
- nearest_place_county
- County or equivalent area for the nearest place.
- nearest_place_country
- Country for the nearest place.
- nearest_latitude
- Nearest place latitude in decimal degrees.
- nearest_longitude
- Nearest place longitude in decimal degrees.
- distance_miles
- Great-circle surface distance in miles.
- distance_kilometres
- Great-circle surface distance in kilometres.
- distance_metres
- Great-circle surface distance in metres.
- distance_feet
- Great-circle surface distance in feet.
- place_url
- Permanent Postcodes UK page for the ranked place.
- nearest_place_url
- Permanent Postcodes UK page for the nearest place.
Methodology and sources
For each of 7,038 built-up places, the nearest other place is found using great-circle surface distance. Places are ranked from the largest nearest-neighbour distance to the smallest.
- Postcodes UK towns and places directory
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Licence and suggested attribution
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Suggested attribution:
Source: Postcodes UK (postcodesuk.com), “1,000 Most Isolated Places in Great Britain”, September 2026, https://postcodesuk.com/data-downloads/most-isolated-places. Derived from Postcodes UK location data and the named source datasets; underlying source rights and attribution statements apply.
Office for National Statistics and other public-sector information is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode geography may contain Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail rights. HM Land Registry aggregates are derived from Price Paid Data. School fields derive from Department for Education and Ofsted sources.