Map of KW15 1GT postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1GT
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Peerie Sea Loan (N)
Grainbank Road End (SE)
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Hatston Bus Garage (E)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.989026
Longitude -2.971077
Easting 344291
Northing 1011727
Grid reference HY442117
UTM reference 30V 501662 6538830
what3words work.founding.outlooks
Plus code 9CCVX2QH+JH
Altitude 9 metres (30 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.3 KMs (0.2 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 December 1999
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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