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KW13 postcode area guide — Highland

House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KW13 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.

KW13 covers Highland in Scotland and spans 2 live postcodes.

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Where is KW13?

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Broadband & internet speeds in KW13

Limited coverage

Superfast (30Mb+)

0%

Ultrafast (300Mb+)

0%

Gigabit-capable

0%

Below USO (10Mb)

3.9%

Broadband availability in the KW13 postcode district (Highland) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 2 postcodes Ofcom measures in KW13, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 0% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.

Around 3.9% of premises in KW13 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 KW13

PostcodeSuperfastGigabit
KW13 6YT0%0%
KW13 6YU0%0%

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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 KW13

4 rated food businesses operate in KW13. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.

Among the 5-rated: Loaf.

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.

Phone area codes for Highland

Landlines around KW13 typically use:

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Postcodes in KW13

Neighbouring districts

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Frequently asked questions

Where is the KW13 postcode?
KW13 covers Highland in Scotland. It contains 2 live postcodes. The map above shows the district centre; the postcode list further down covers individual addresses.
What broadband can I get in KW13?
Superfast broadband reaches 0% of premises in KW13 and gigabit-capable services 0%, per Ofcom Connected Nations. Enter a full postcode in the checker on this page for address-level availability.

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.

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