# KW1 5NS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.441329, -3.095744
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRCWR3+GP
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88kk
- **Qibla:** 121.6°
- **Grid reference:** ND 36130 50859
- **UTM:** 30V 494410 6477850
- **Elevation:** 13m
- **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:** 1985-04

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01017957
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003330
- **2021 output area:** S00162226
- **2011 LSOA:** S01010781
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002027
- **2011 output area:** S00118947
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34001682
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote small town (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Urbanites (5A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4452
- **Postcode user type:** Large

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000044

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Wick | 139 |
| School | Wick High School | 458 |
| Airport | Wick John O'Groats Airport | 1960 |
| Bus stop | Station | 45 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 169 |
| Defibrillator | Wick Railway Station | 70 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 276 |
| Post office | Watten Post Office | 12510 |
| Library | Library | 168 |
| Coast | — | 1419 |
| Central London | — | 793744 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [KW1 5LB](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205LB)
- [KW1 5BX](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205BX)
- [KW1 4NH](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%204NH)
- [KW1 4EB](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%204EB)
- [KW1 5LF](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%205LF)
- [KW1 4NL](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%204NL)
- [KW1 4DE](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW1%204DE)

## Boundary

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## Data

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