# KW14 8AL

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.595577, -3.519361
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRHFWJ+67
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88fo
- **Qibla:** 121.2°
- **Grid reference:** ND 11790 68512
- **UTM:** 30V 469812 6495137
- **Elevation:** 8m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Highland (S12000017)
- **Ward:** Thurso and Northwest Caithness (S13002991)
- **Constituency:** Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (S14000069)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000080
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01017975
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003334
- **2021 output area:** S00162070
- **2011 LSOA:** S01010799
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002031
- **2011 output area:** S00119032
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34001667
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote small town (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 2601
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000044

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 773 |
| School | Mount Pleasant Primary School | 465 |
| Airport | Wick John O'Groats Airport | 29042 |
| Bus stop | Royal Bank of Scotland | 101 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 116 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 32 |
| Pharmacy | Well Pharmacy | 37 |
| Post office | Thurso Post Office | 139 |
| Library | Library | 556 |
| Coast | — | 1034 |
| Central London | — | 816974 |

## 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

- [KW14 8AD](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208AD)
- [KW14 8AG](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208AG)
- [KW14 8AW](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208AW)
- [KW14 8AJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208AJ)
- [KW14 8BE](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208BE)
- [KW14 8AA](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208AA)

## Boundary

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