Map of KW1 5XQ postcode

General information

Postcode	KW1 5XQ
Post Town	Wick
Nearest station	Georgemas Junction (9 km)
Bus stops	Garage (NW)
Roads in this postcode	A882 Bain Place
Number of UPRNs	54 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.472824
	Longitude	-3.308954
	Easting	323752
	Northing	954586
	Grid reference	ND237545
	UTM reference	30V 481979 6481394
	what3words	clinking.begin.ropes
	FixPhrase	curfew lung stench urgent
	Plus code	9CCRFMFR+4C
	Altitude	34 metres (112 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:00
	Sunset (today)	15:21
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	11 KMs (6.8 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
Water company	Scottish Water
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	December 2025
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)	71
Households (2011)	35
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,933 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162188
Census output area (2011)	S00117682
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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