KW8 6JL maps, stats, and open data

KW8 6JL is located in the East Sutherland and Edderton electoral ward, within the council area of Highland and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. The Community Health Partnership is Highland Health and Social Care Partnership and the police force is Scotland. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

KW8 6JL maps

KW8 6JL map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

KW8 6JL map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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KW8 6JL geodata

Easting	302522
Northing	915766
Latitude	58.120081
Longitude	-3.656400

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is KW8 6JL?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	KW8
➜ See where KW8 is on a map ➜ Where is East Helmsdale?

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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Politics

Ward	East Sutherland And Edderton
Constituency	Caithness, Sutherland And Easter Ross

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to KW8 6JL

Helmsdale Square	Helmsdale	377m
Library (Dunrobin Street)	Helmsdale	490m
Library (Dunrobin Street)	Helmsdale	491m
Petrol Station (Stafford Street)	Helmsdale	540m
Belgrave Hotel (Stafford Street)	Helmsdale	567m

Nearest railway stations to KW8 6JL

Helmsdale Station	0.3km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in KW8 6JL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	72.7%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	72.7%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in KW8 6JL (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	27.3Mbps
Average download speed	38.1Mbps
Maximum download speed	68.84Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	5.1Mbps
Average upload speed	8.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.98Mbps

Broadband limitations in KW8 6JL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	27.3%

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Source: Ofcom
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KW8 6JL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in KW8 6JL by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	31,473
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,861
Median (kWh/meter)	2,154

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in KW8 6JL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in KW8 6JL.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

70.7% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than KW8 6JL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to KW8 6JL (metres)

Quirky Qroft

84 East Helmsdale

C Food & Eat It

By the Way

96m

Spar

2 Dunrobin Street

414m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to KW8 6JL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale	17:00	12:15	521m
Portgower, Helmsdale	11:15	11:15	2,932m

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Source: Dracos
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KW8 6JL ITL and KW8 6JL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for KW8 6JL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLM	Scotland
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLM6	Highlands and Islands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLM61	Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty
LAU 1 Code	Name
S30000029	Caithness and Sutherland

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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KW8 6JL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for KW8 6JL:

	Code	Name
OA	S00118103
LSOA	S01010771	Sutherland East - 06
MSOA	S02002025	Sutherland East

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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