# KW1 5BS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.433599, -3.087917
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRCWM6+CR
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88kk
- **Qibla:** 121.6°
- **Grid reference:** ND 36573 49991
- **UTM:** 30V 494866 6476989
- **Elevation:** 32m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Highland (S12000017)
- **Ward:** Wick and East Caithness (S13002992)
- **Constituency:** Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (S14000069)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000083
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01017955
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003330
- **2021 output area:** S00162251
- **2011 LSOA:** S01010779
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002027
- **2011 output area:** S00119592
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34001680
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote small town (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 1004
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000044

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Wick | 1082 |
| School | Newton Park Primary | 590 |
| Airport | Wick John O'Groats Airport | 2829 |
| Bus stop | Cairndhuna Terrace | 70 |
| Food bank | Caithness | 738 |
| Defibrillator | Pulteneytown Centre | 310 |
| Pharmacy | Reid's Pharmacy | 1024 |
| Post office | Watten Post Office | 13202 |
| Library | Library | 811 |
| Coast | — | 1881 |
| Central London | — | 792796 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region P, MPAN 17)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 2.9% gigabit, 100% superfast, 2.9% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [KW1 5BJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205BJ)
- [KW1 5BQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205BQ)
- [KW1 5BW](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205BW)
- [KW1 5BH](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205BH)
- [KW1 5QW](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205QW)

## Boundary

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