KW8 6LA maps, stats, and open data

KW8 6LA 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 6LA maps

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

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

GetTheData
Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
Licence: Open Government Licence (requires attribution)

KW8 6LA geodata

Easting	303103
Northing	915198
Latitude	58.115110
Longitude	-3.646306

GetTheData
Source: Open Postcode Geo
Licence: Open Government Licence

Where is KW8 6LA?

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

GetTheData
Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Open Government Licence

Politics

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

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Database
Licence: Open Government Licence

Transport

Nearest bus stops to KW8 6LA

Petrol Station (Stafford Street)	Helmsdale	273m
Belgrave Hotel (Stafford Street)	Helmsdale	298m
Library (Dunrobin Street)	Helmsdale	350m
Library (Dunrobin Street)	Helmsdale	359m
Helmsdale Square	Helmsdale	501m

Nearest railway stations to KW8 6LA

Helmsdale Station	0.8km

GetTheData
Source: NaPTAN
Licence: Open Government Licence

Broadband

Broadband access in KW8 6LA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
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 6LA (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	17.0Mbps
Average download speed	20.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	40.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	2.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	8.82Mbps

Broadband limitations in KW8 6LA (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	0.0%

GetTheData
Source: Ofcom
Licence: Ofcom Terms of Use (requires attribution)

KW8 6LA gas and electricity consumption

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

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	17,141
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,857
Median (kWh/meter)	2,326

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

GetTheData
Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

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

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Database
Licence: Open Government Licence

Food Standards Agency

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

10 Rockview Place

10 Rockview Place Helmsdale Sutherland

115m

Belgrave Arms Hotel

Belgrave Arms Hotel Flat

210m

The Garrison - Mobile Catering Van

Harbour house

249m

➜ Get more ratings from the Food Standards Agency

GetTheData
Source: Food Standards Agency
Licence: FSA terms & conditions

Nearest post box to KW8 6LA

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale	17:00	12:15	458m
Portgower, Helmsdale	11:15	11:15	2,944m

GetTheData
Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

KW8 6LA ITL and KW8 6LA 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 6LA:

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

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence

KW8 6LA 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 6LA:

	Code	Name
OA	S00118106
LSOA	S01010771	Sutherland East - 06
MSOA	S02002025	Sutherland East

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence