KW8 6LG

East Sutherland and Edderton · Highland · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton
Local authority: Highland
Constituency: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Postcode district: KW8
Postcode sector: KW8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW8 6JR	72 m
KW8 6LQ	100 m
KW8 6LJ	111 m
KW8 6JY	141 m
KW8 6LF	142 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW8 6LG
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW8
Postcode sector: KW8 6
Latitude: 58.116825
Longitude: -3.648038
British National Grid easting: 303,006
British National Grid northing: 915,393

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Highland · S12000017
Electoral ward: East Sutherland and Edderton · S13002993
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · S14000069
Output area: S00162298
Lower layer super output area: Sutherland East - 06 · S01017947
Middle layer super output area: Sutherland East · S02003328

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+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 88%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 88%
Gigabit-capable: 88%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
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.

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