Map of KW15 1GW postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1GW
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Tesco (NW)
High Street (E)
High Street (W)
West Tankerness Lane (N)
Glaitness School (SE)
Glaitness School (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 11 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.979233
Longitude -2.966835
Easting 344519
Northing 1010633
Grid reference HY445106
UTM reference 30V 501906 6537740
what3words monument.intro.passports
Plus code 9CCVX2HM+M7
Altitude 5 metres (17 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
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 June 2011
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)
3,074 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170692
Census output area (2011)S00126087
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 03S01011820
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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