# KW14 8UQ

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.59299, -3.3883
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRHJV6+5M
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88ho
- **Qibla:** 121.4°
- **Grid reference:** ND 19401 68059
- **UTM:** 30V 477428 6494797
- **Elevation:** 22m
- **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:** S01017968
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003333
- **2021 output area:** S00162112
- **2011 LSOA:** S01010792
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002030
- **2011 output area:** S00119034
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34001763
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 1838
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000044

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 8076 |
| School | Castletown Primary School | 567 |
| Airport | Wick John O'Groats Airport | 22718 |
| Bus stop | Drill Hall | 119 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 7564 |
| Defibrillator | Castletown Community Free Church | 176 |
| Pharmacy | Well Pharmacy | 7601 |
| Post office | Thurso Post Office | 7554 |
| Library | Library | 7917 |
| Coast | — | 872 |
| Central London | — | 814551 |

## 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 8UH](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208UH)
- [KW14 8UG](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208UG)
- [KW14 8UR](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208UR)
- [KW14 8TY](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208TY)
- [KW14 8UX](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208UX)
- [KW14 8UE](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208UE)
- [KW14 8TU](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW14%208TU)

## Boundary

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