Map of KW1 5UR postcode

General information

Postcode	KW1 5UR
Post Town	Wick
Nearest station	Georgemas Junction (6 km)
Bus stops	Smiddy (NW)
Roads in this postcode	B874
Number of UPRNs	26 View
Businesses	ACTIVE ANIMALS RESCUE AND REHABILITATION LTD ALLAN'S OF GILLOCK LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.516295
	Longitude	-3.353861
	Easting	321230
	Northing	959478
	Grid reference	ND212594
	UTM reference	30V 479385 6486247
	what3words	apply.influence.visitor
	Plus code	9CCRGJ8W+GF
	Altitude	28 metres (91 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:33
	Sunset (today)	18:14
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	8.8 KMs (5.5 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
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	February 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)	36
Households (2011)	15
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,933 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162165
Census output area (2011)	S00117680
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North East - 01	S01010787
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North East	S02002029
Travel to work area	Wick	S22000083

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