Map of KW15 1GP postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1GP
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Hatston Bus Garage (E)
Peerie Sea Loan (N)
Orcadian Office (SW)
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Ayre Mills (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 12 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.988273
Longitude -2.973515
Easting 344150
Northing 1011645
Grid reference HY441116
UTM reference 30V 501522 6538746
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Plus code 9CCVX2QG+8H
Altitude 17 metres (55 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.1 KMs (0 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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