Map of KW15 1GS postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1GS
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Weyland Farm (W)
Annfield Crescent (NW)
Orkney College (W)
Orkney College (E)
Papdale Place (NE)
Reid Crescent Path (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 8 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.985248
Longitude -2.942963
Easting 345901
Northing 1011283
Grid reference HY459112
UTM reference 30V 503278 6538410
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Plus code 9CCVX3P4+3R
Altitude 30 metres (98 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.2 KMs (0.7 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall East S13003151
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 March 2015
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)
5,616 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00170673
Census output area (2011)S00125921
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 04S01011816
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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