KW6 6EL

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: KW6
Postcode sector: KW6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW6 6ET	1.1 km
KW6 6EJ	1.3 km
KW6 6ER	1.4 km
KW6 6EG	1.6 km
KW6 6EP	1.6 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW6 6EL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW6
Postcode sector: KW6 6
Latitude: 58.260879
Longitude: -3.446239
British National Grid easting: 315,238
British National Grid northing: 931,157

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: S00162266
Lower layer super output area: Caithness South - 01 · S01017948
Middle layer super output area: Caithness South · S02003329

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

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Fixed broadband coverage

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

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

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 33.3%
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

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Layby

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Layby

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