KW6 postcode area guide — Highland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KW6 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KW6
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
81.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
29.1%
Gigabit-capable
29.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
2%
Broadband availability in the KW6 postcode district (Highland) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 16 postcodes Ofcom measures in KW6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 81.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 29.1%.
Around 2% of premises in KW6 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 KW6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KW6 6EA | 80% | 10% |
| KW6 6EB | 91.7% | 0% |
| KW6 6ED | 91.7% | 50% |
| KW6 6EE | 100% | 100% |
| KW6 6EF | 100% | 55.9% |
| KW6 6EG | 100% | 0% |
| KW6 6EH | 90.9% | 0% |
| KW6 6EJ | 90% | 0% |
| KW6 6EL | 0% | 0% |
| KW6 6EN | 6.3% | 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 KW6
12 rated food businesses operate in KW6. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: David Miller Fish & Chip vehicle, Dunbeath & District Centre, Dunbeath Primary School, F Allan, Laidhay Croft Museum and Cafe.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Highland
Landlines around KW6 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.