Map of KW1 5XR postcode

General information

Postcode	KW1 5XR
Post Town	Wick
Nearest station	Georgemas Junction (6 km)
Bus stops	Garage (N)
Roads in this postcode	A9 B870
Number of UPRNs	57 View
Businesses	A. & D. SUTHERLAND LIMITED ANDREW K GUNN LIMITED ERRIDGE COMPANY LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.465917
	Longitude	-3.42604
	Easting	316907
	Northing	953956
	Grid reference	ND169539
	UTM reference	30V 475145 6480662
	what3words	betraying.wealth.enough
	FixPhrase	curfew lunchtime squishy vividly
	Plus code	9CCRFH8F+9H
	Altitude	118 metres (386 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:47
	Sunset (today)	16:02
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	14.9 KMs (9.2 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	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)	47
Households (2011)	20
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	3,994 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162187
Census output area (2011)	S00117678
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North West - 05	S01017972
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North West - 05	S01010796
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North West	S02003333
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North West	S02002030
Travel to work area	Thurso	S22000080

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