KW10 postcode area guide — Highland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KW10 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KW10
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
87.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the KW10 postcode district (Highland) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 57 postcodes Ofcom measures in KW10, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 87.5%.
Around 0.3% of premises in KW10 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in KW10
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KW10 6AB | 100% | 100% |
| KW10 6RA | 100% | 98.2% |
| KW10 6RB | 100% | 100% |
| KW10 6RF | 100% | 100% |
| KW10 6RH | 94.4% | 88.9% |
| KW10 6RN | 100% | 100% |
| KW10 6RP | 100% | 83.3% |
| KW10 6RQ | 100% | 100% |
| KW10 6RR | 100% | 100% |
| KW10 6RS | 100% | 92.3% |
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Mobile signal around Highland
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Highland district (137,217 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
81.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
20.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.2%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in KW10
38 rated food businesses operate in KW10. 17 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 5 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 95 Coffee Roasting Company, Ben View Stores, Capaldis Brora Ltd Shop, Dunrobin Castle Ltd Cafe, Golspie Golf Club.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Highland
Landlines around KW10 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.