Map of KW1 5YN postcode

General information

Postcode	KW1 5YN
Post Town	Wick
Nearest station	Georgemas Junction (10 km)
Bus stops	Post Office (SE) Post Office (NW)
Roads in this postcode	Henderson Square Station Road
Number of UPRNs	37 View
Businesses	JACKSON INSTRUMENT SERVICES LTD

Geography

	Latitude	58.472697
	Longitude	-3.299803
	Easting	324285
	Northing	954562
	Grid reference	ND242545
	UTM reference	30V 482513 6481377
	what3words	every.spine.minimums
	Plus code	9CCRFPF2+33
	Altitude	26 metres (85 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:33
	Sunset (today)	18:13
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	10.5 KMs (6.5 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	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)	55
Households (2011)	24
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,933 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162189
Census output area (2011)	S00117683
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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