diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/ImportPostcodes.php b/app/Console/Commands/ImportPostcodes.php
index 722564e..ae9bb00 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/ImportPostcodes.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/ImportPostcodes.php
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ final class ImportPostcodes extends Command
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // ONS marks non-geographic postcodes (no grid reference) with a
+                // placeholder latitude of 99.999999 — drop them so they don't
+                // poison nearest-station distance maths with a bogus location.
+                if (abs((float) $lat) >= 90) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 $pcd = strtoupper(preg_replace('/\s+/', '', (string) $row[$columns[$pcdColumn]]));
 
                 if ($pcd === '' || strlen($pcd) < 5) {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Console/ImportPostcodesTest.php b/tests/Feature/Console/ImportPostcodesTest.php
index 22e44ed..5b79341 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Console/ImportPostcodesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Console/ImportPostcodesTest.php
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ CSV;
         ->and(Postcode::find('BT11AA'))->toBeNull();
 });
 
+it('skips postcodes with placeholder coordinates (no grid reference)', function (): void {
+    $csv = <<<'CSV'
+pcd,pcds,doterm,lat,long
+"SW1A1AA","SW1A 1AA","",51.501009,-0.141588
+"GIR0AA","GIR 0AA","",99.999999,0.000000
+CSV;
+
+    $path = writeOnspdFixture($csv);
+
+    $this->artisan('postcodes:import', ['--file' => $path])->assertSuccessful();
+
+    expect(Postcode::count())->toBe(1)
+        ->and(Postcode::find('GIR0AA'))->toBeNull();
+});
+
 it('accepts ArcGIS ONSPD exports that use PCD7 instead of PCD', function (): void {
     $csv = <<<'CSV'
 OBJECTID,PCD7,PCD8,PCDS,DOTERM,LAT,LONG,x,y