Map of KW15 1BQ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1BQ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Hornesquoy Road (S)
Hornesquoy Road (N)
Hospital Entrance (N)
MacMillan (E)
Macmillan (W)
Laverock Road (E)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.974628
Longitude -2.962862
Easting 344740
Northing 1010117
Grid reference HY447101
UTM reference 30V 502135 6537227
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Plus code 9CCVX2FP+VV
Altitude 10 metres (33 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.8 KMs (0.5 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 October 1994
Last updated December 2024
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
3,074 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170715
Census output area (2011)S00126029
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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