Map of KW1 5UQ postcode

General information

Postcode	KW1 5UQ
Post Town	Wick
Nearest station	Wick (11 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A882 Main Street
Number of UPRNs	67 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.450687
	Longitude	-3.278265
	Easting	325495
	Northing	952087
	Grid reference	ND254520
	UTM reference	30V 483759 6478921
	what3words	dumpy.outwards.warthog
	FixPhrase	curfew lurch snooper untimed
	Plus code	9CCRFP2C+7M
	Altitude	37 metres (120 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:58
	Sunset (today)	21:23
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	9.7 KMs (6 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Wick and East Caithness	S13002992
Council Area	Highland	S12000017
Constituency (2024)	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	S14000069
MP	Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	March 2026
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	20
Households (2011)	9
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2020)	2,933 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162186
Census output area (2011)	S00117684
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North East - 01	S01017963
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North East - 01	S01010787
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North East	S02003332
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North East	S02002029
Travel to work area	Wick	S22000083

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