KW1 postcode district: Wick, Highland and around

KW1 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 356 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Wick, Highland. Its council is Highland.

Postcodes in use
356
Sectors
2
Council
Highland
Places
Wick, Highland

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in KW1, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in KW1, by new since 2020 Of the 356 postcodes in KW1 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 351 were in use before 2020. Places named: Wick, Highland. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A836A9A882 KW1 4AA: before 2020KW1 4AB: before 2020KW1 4AR: before 2020KW1 4DD: before 2020KW1 4DF: before 2020KW1 4DL: before 2020KW1 4DN: before 2020KW1 4DP: before 2020KW1 4DR: before 2020KW1 4DS: before 2020KW1 4HE: before 2020KW1 4HG: before 2020KW1 4HH: before 2020KW1 4HS: before 2020KW1 4HX: before 2020KW1 4JE: before 2020KW1 4JH: before 2020KW1 4JJ: before 2020KW1 4JS: before 2020KW1 4JW: before 2020KW1 4PG: before 2020KW1 4PH: before 2020KW1 4PN: before 2020KW1 4PP: before 2020KW1 4PQ: before 2020KW1 4QP: before 2020KW1 4QR: before 2020KW1 4QS: before 2020KW1 4QT: before 2020KW1 4QU: before 2020KW1 4QW: before 2020KW1 4QZ: before 2020KW1 4RA: before 2020KW1 4RD: before 2020KW1 4RF: before 2020KW1 4RG: before 2020KW1 4RH: before 2020KW1 4RJ: before 2020KW1 4RN: before 2020KW1 4RP: before 2020KW1 4RQ: before 2020KW1 4RR: before 2020KW1 4RS: before 2020KW1 4RU: before 2020KW1 4RW: before 2020KW1 4RX: before 2020KW1 4RY: before 2020KW1 4RZ: before 2020KW1 4SA: before 2020KW1 4SB: before 2020KW1 4SD: before 2020KW1 4TA: before 2020KW1 4TB: before 2020KW1 4TD: before 2020KW1 4TL: before 2020KW1 4TN: before 2020KW1 4TP: before 2020KW1 4TR: before 2020KW1 4TS: before 2020KW1 4TT: before 2020KW1 4TW: before 2020KW1 4UD: before 2020KW1 4UE: before 2020KW1 4UF: before 2020KW1 4UG: before 2020KW1 4UQ: before 2020KW1 4UR: before 2020KW1 4UY: before 2020KW1 4XA: before 2020KW1 4XB: before 2020KW1 4XD: before 2020KW1 4XF: before 2020KW1 4XG: before 2020KW1 4XP: before 2020KW1 4XR: before 2020KW1 4XX: before 2020KW1 4YB: before 2020KW1 4YD: before 2020KW1 4YH: before 2020KW1 4YJ: before 2020KW1 4YL: before 2020KW1 4YR: before 2020KW1 4YS: before 2020KW1 4YT: before 2020KW1 4YX: before 2020KW1 5AF: before 2020KW1 5AH: before 2020KW1 5AS: before 2020KW1 5AW: before 2020KW1 5AZ: before 2020KW1 5BB: before 2020KW1 5BF: before 2020KW1 5BH: before 2020KW1 5BJ: before 2020KW1 5BL: before 2020KW1 5BN: before 2020KW1 5BU: before 2020KW1 5HF: before 2020KW1 5HN: before 2020KW1 5HP: before 2020KW1 5HX: before 2020KW1 5JB: before 2020KW1 5LB: before 2020KW1 5LD: before 2020KW1 5LE: before 2020KW1 5LF: before 2020KW1 5LJ: before 2020KW1 5LN: before 2020KW1 5LT: before 2020KW1 5LX: before 2020KW1 5NB: before 2020KW1 5ND: before 2020KW1 5NE: before 2020KW1 5NH: before 2020KW1 5NL: before 2020KW1 5NU: before 2020KW1 5QH: before 2020KW1 5SA: before 2020KW1 5SB: before 2020KW1 5SD: before 2020KW1 5SE: before 2020KW1 5SF: before 2020KW1 5SG: before 2020KW1 5SP: before 2020KW1 5SR: before 2020KW1 5SS: before 2020KW1 5ST: before 2020KW1 5SU: before 2020KW1 5SZ: before 2020KW1 5TA: before 2020KW1 5TB: before 2020KW1 5TD: before 2020KW1 5TE: before 2020KW1 5TG: before 2020KW1 5TJ: before 2020KW1 5TN: before 2020KW1 5TP: before 2020KW1 5TQ: before 2020KW1 5TR: before 2020KW1 5TT: before 2020KW1 5TU: before 2020KW1 5TW: before 2020KW1 5TX: before 2020KW1 5TY: before 2020KW1 5UG: before 2020KW1 5UH: before 2020KW1 5UL: before 2020KW1 5UN: before 2020KW1 5UP: before 2020KW1 5UQ: before 2020KW1 5UR: before 2020KW1 5UT: before 2020KW1 5UU: before 2020KW1 5UW: before 2020KW1 5XG: before 2020KW1 5XH: before 2020KW1 5XJ: before 2020KW1 5XL: before 2020KW1 5XN: before 2020KW1 5XQ: before 2020KW1 5XR: before 2020KW1 5XS: before 2020KW1 5XT: before 2020KW1 5XU: before 2020KW1 5XW: before 2020KW1 5XX: before 2020KW1 5XY: before 2020KW1 5YJ: before 2020KW1 5YL: before 2020KW1 5YN: before 2020KW1 5YW: before 2020KW1 4AT: new since 2020KW1 4AX: new since 2020KW1 5BY: new since 2020KW1 5BX: new since 2020 Wick, Highland Map of every postcode in KW1, by new since 2020 Of the 356 postcodes in KW1 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 351 were in use before 2020. Places named: Wick, Highland. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A836A9 Wick, Highland
  • New since 2020: 5
  • In use before 2020: 351

Of the 356 postcodes in KW1 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 351 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 58.4569, longitude -3.1220. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

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What broadband can you get in KW1?

Ofcom reports on 349 of the 356 postcodes in KW1. At 247 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 25 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit247 of 349
Postcodes where every home can get superfast292 of 349
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband25 of 349

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in KW1

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KW1 4172 postcodesKW1 5184 postcodes
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Places in KW1

Towns and villages with postcodes in KW1, and how many each has here.

Wick, Highland postcodes,248

Who covers KW1

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

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Constituencies

  • Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross356

Police force areas

  • Scotland356

Next to KW1

KW2 postcode district All KW districts Wick, Highland postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the district after KW1 in the KW area.

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