| Postcode | KW15 1GB |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (55 km) |
| Bus stops |
Travel Centre ()
Broad Street ()
Harbour Street ()
Ayre Hotel (W)
Kirkwall Hotel (W)
St Magnus centre (SE)
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.983311 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.960721 | |
| Easting | 344877 | |
| Northing | 1011082 | |
| Grid reference | HY448110 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 502257 6538194 | |
| what3words | visitors.venues.heartless | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2MQ+8P | |
| Altitude | 5 metres (15 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 9:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:20 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.2 KMs (0.1 miles) |
| Ward | Kirkwall West and Orphir | S13003152 |
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | Orkney Islands | S12000023 |
| Constituency (2024) | Orkney and Shetland | S14000051 |
| MP | Mr Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrat |
| Police force | Scotland | |
| Water company | Scottish Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Orkney Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 |
| Date introduced | October 1994 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 2018 |
| 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170676 | |
| Census output area (2011) | S00126020 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall - 04 | S01011821 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall | S02002216 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |