Is Arbroath in the Highlands?

moonpenny
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Can someone tell me if Arbroath, Angus in Scotland is in the "Highlands" or UK? (for Postal services)

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  • comeandgo
    comeandgo Posts: 5,906 Forumite
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    No Arbroath is not in the Highlands. You would address it as Scotland, UK.
  • ali-t
    ali-t Posts: 3,815 Forumite
    moonpenny wrote: »
    Sorry if this is in wrong place!


    Can someone tell me if Arbroath, Angus in Scotland is in the "Highlands" or UK? (for Postal services)

    Nowhere near the highlands, standard postage charges here :-)
    If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you always got!
  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,543 Forumite
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    You don't need to put Scotland or UK, just Arbroath and the post code.

    Put the address in to the recently much improved RM postcode/ address finder

    http://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode
  • System
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    Arbroath ,Angus,Scotland.
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  • balletshoes
    balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
    CHRISSYG wrote: »
    Arbroath ,Angus,Scotland.

    this is correct :).
  • The_ICT_Engineer
    The_ICT_Engineer Posts: 617 Forumite
    Arbroath is on the East Coast, 15 miles to the north east of Dundee. Home of the well known 'Arbroath Smokie' ( Smoked Haddock)
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    balletshoes wrote: »
    this is correct :).

    No it isn't! County names have been redundant since the introduction of postcodes some 40 years ago. Arbroath is covered by the Dundee postcode (DD).

    Geographically, the highlands is a wooly and undefined boundary. It can be west and north of the Great Glen (running from Ft William to Inverness). North of the Campsie Fells (just north of Glasgow) if you are a WHISKY drinker for a highland malt or blend. Or if a courier - it's anywhere they want to double the postage costs.
  • tberry6686
    tberry6686 Posts: 1,135 Forumite
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    Most couriers consider anything north of Aberdeen to be highlands, but a more accurate definition is anything north of the Highland boundary fault. Arbroath is neither.
  • System
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    Buzby wrote: »
    No it isn't! County names have been redundant since the introduction of postcodes some 40 years ago. Arbroath is covered by the Dundee postcode (DD).

    My sister lives there and that is her address, yes its a DD [Dundee]postcode but that covers a huge area.

    My postcode is S66 which covers a large area Sheffield/Rotherham but only one of those two areas forms part of my address.
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