Map of KW15 1JQ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1JQ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Earl Thorfinn Street (W)
St Magnus centre (SE)
Broad Street ()
Kirklands Road (NE)
Laverock Road (E)
Meadowbank (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 29 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.979204
Longitude -2.956205
Easting 345130
Northing 1010621
Grid reference HY451106
UTM reference 30V 502517 6537737
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Plus code 9CCVX2HV+MG
Altitude 29 metres (96 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.6 KMs (0.4 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) 55
Households (2011) 22
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
2,679 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170699
Census output area (2011)S00126035
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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