Map of KW6 6EG postcode

General information

Postcode	KW6 6EG
Post Town	Dunbeath
Nearest station	Helmsdale (20 km)
Bus stops	Layby (E)
Roads in this postcode	A9 Knockglass Road Neil Gunn Road Portormin Road
Number of UPRNs	34 View
Businesses	THE BAY DUNBEATH LTD WHITTLES PUBLISHING LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.249424
	Longitude	-3.429688
	Easting	316182
	Northing	929859
	Grid reference	ND161298
	UTM reference	30V 474778 6456560
	what3words	mistaking.villas.cope
	FixPhrase	curdle lunchtime snide unclamped
	Plus code	9CCR6HXC+Q4
	Altitude	42 metres (139 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:41
	Sunset (today)	15:28
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.3 KMs (0.8 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	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)	30
Households (2011)	17
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,298 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162284
Census output area (2011)	1B3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness South - 01	S01010772
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness South	S02002026
Travel to work area	Wick	S22000083

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