Map of KW15 1BF postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1BF
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Soulisquoy Place (W)
Langskaill Court (NE)
Langskaill Court (SW)
Glaitness School (NW)
Tesco (NW)
Glaitness School (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 38 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.978544
Longitude -2.970121
Easting 344329
Northing 1010559
Grid reference HY443105
UTM reference 30V 501717 6537663
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Plus code 9CCVX2HH+CX
Altitude 11 metres (37 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.4 KMs (0.2 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall West and Orphir S13003152
Council Area Orkney Islands S12000023
Constituency (2024) Orkney and Shetland S14000051
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced December 1998
Last updated December 2024
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 57
Households (2011) 34
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
3,074 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170705
Census output area (2011)S00126086
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 03S01011820
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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