Map of KW15 1HE postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1HE
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Post Office (N)
St Magnus centre (SE)
Travel Centre ()
Kirkwall Hotel (W)
Harbour Street ()
Ferry Terminal (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 1 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.982292
Longitude -2.960014
Easting 344916
Northing 1010968
Grid reference HY449109
UTM reference 30V 502298 6538080
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Plus code 9CCVX2JQ+WX
Altitude 7 metres (23 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 April 2003
Last updated December 2024
User type Large (addresses receive more 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)
2,679 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170683
Census output area (2011)S00126024
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 05S01011822
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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