KW9 postcode area guide — Highland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KW9 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KW9
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
90.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
85.8%
Gigabit-capable
85.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the KW9 postcode district (Highland) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 64 postcodes Ofcom measures in KW9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 90.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 85.8%.
Around 0.3% of premises in KW9 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 KW9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KW9 6AB | 100% | 0% |
| KW9 6AD | 100% | 100% |
| KW9 6LE | 100% | 100% |
| KW9 6LN | 93.8% | 90.6% |
| KW9 6LR | 40% | 40% |
| KW9 6LS | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| KW9 6LT | 87.5% | 81.3% |
| KW9 6LU | 20% | 0% |
| KW9 6LW | 100% | 100% |
| KW9 6LX | 0% | 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 KW9
34 rated food businesses operate in KW9. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Brora Bowling/Tennis Club, Brora Heritage Centre, Brora Primary School, Brora Village Hub, Catriona & Grant McQueen.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Highland
Landlines around KW9 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.