Map of KW15 1GN postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1GN
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Peerie Sea Loan (N)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (SE)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (NW)
Glaitness School (SE)
Glaitness School (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.987207
Longitude -2.970753
Easting 344307
Northing 1011524
Grid reference HY443115
UTM reference 30V 501680 6538627
what3words mystified.snacking.revisit
Plus code 9CCVX2PH+VM
Altitude 9 metres (31 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.2 KMs (0.1 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 June 1997
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,836 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170662
Census output area (2011)S00125911
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 05S01011817
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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