Map of KW14 8SW postcode

General information

Postcode	KW14 8SW
Post Town	Thurso
Nearest station	Thurso (6 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B874
Number of UPRNs	30 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.575552
	Longitude	-3.436052
	Easting	316583
	Northing	966175
	Grid reference	ND165661
	UTM reference	30V 474640 6492873
	what3words	upgrading.garlic.crisp
	FixPhrase	curing lunchtime stingy unrest
	Plus code	9CCRHHG7+6H
	Altitude	71 metres (233 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:38
	Sunset (today)	16:15
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	3.6 KMs (2.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Thurso and Northwest Caithness	S13002991
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)	18
Households (2011)	7
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	4,391 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162059
Census output area (2011)	S00119272
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North West - 02	S01017969
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North West - 02	S01010793
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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