Map of KW15 1HX postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1HX
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Cromwell Road (NE)
Ferry Terminal (W)
Kirkwall Hotel (W)
Harbour Street ()
Weyland Park (NE)
Weyland Park (SW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 37 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.984523
Longitude -2.955865
Easting 345158
Northing 1011213
Grid reference HY451112
UTM reference 30V 502536 6538329
what3words workflow.urgent.soulful
Plus code 9CCVX2MV+RM
Altitude 8 metres (26 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.4 KMs (0.3 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 January 1980
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
Population (2011) 47
Households (2011) 29
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,851 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170672
Census output area (2011)S00126050
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Kirkwall - 04S01011826
Middle layer super output area (2011)East KirkwallS02002217
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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