Map of KW3 6BN postcode

General information

Postcode	KW3 6BN
Post Town	Lybster
Nearest station	Wick (18 km)
Bus stops	Portland Arms Hotel (SW) Primary School (S) Post Office (N)
Roads in this postcode	Main Street Village Road
Number of UPRNs	25 View
Businesses	JOSCOM CONSULTANCY LTD

Geography

	Latitude	58.307789
	Longitude	-3.285409
	Easting	324774
	Northing	936186
	Grid reference	ND247361
	UTM reference	30V 483274 6463013
	what3words	hydration.stage.pose
	FixPhrase	cure lurch scolding vanquish
	Plus code	9CCR8P57+4R
	Altitude	71 metres (233 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:48
	Sunset (today)	15:24
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.8 KMs (1.1 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
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	November 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)	42
Households (2011)	13
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	1,416 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162272
Census output area (2011)	1B2
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Caithness South - 03	S01017950
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness South - 03	S01010774
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Caithness South	S02003329
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness South	S02002026
Travel to work area	Wick	S22000083

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