KW1 4RX

Wick and East Caithness · Highland · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Local authority: Highland
Constituency: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Postcode district: KW1
Postcode sector: KW1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW1 4SA	1.4 km
KW1 4UR	1.5 km
KW1 4RT	1.6 km
KW1 4RS	1.7 km
KW1 4RU	1.7 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW1 4RX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW1
Postcode sector: KW1 4
Latitude: 58.486755
Longitude: -3.163521
British National Grid easting: 332,261
British National Grid northing: 955,983

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Highland · S12000017
Electoral ward: Wick and East Caithness · S13002992
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · S14000069
Output area: S00162184
Lower layer super output area: Caithness North East - 02 · S01017964
Middle layer super output area: Caithness North East · S02003332

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore KW1

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 93.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 2.1%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Wester Road End

BCT · Killimster
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Wester Road End

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0.7 miles
Quoys of Reiss

BCT · Reiss
0.9 miles
Lower Reiss Road End

BCT · Reiss
0.9 miles
Quoys of Reiss

BCT · Reiss
0.9 miles