Map of KW1 5XT postcode

General information

Postcode	KW1 5XT
Post Town	Wick
Nearest station	Georgemas Junction (10 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A9 Main Street
Number of UPRNs	18 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.428777
	Longitude	-3.419314
	Easting	317212
	Northing	949813
	Grid reference	ND172498
	UTM reference	30V 475511 6476525
	what3words	satellite.episode.shoving
	FixPhrase	curfew lunchtime shrill urchin
	Plus code	9CCRCHHJ+G7
	Altitude	93 metres (305 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:38
	Sunset (today)	16:14
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	17.9 KMs (11.1 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	April 2019
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

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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