Map of KW15 1JU postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1JU
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Papdale Place (SW)
Grammar School (NE)
Grammar School (SW)
Papdale Hostel (NW)
Reid Crescent Path (NW)
Annfield Crescent (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 8 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.980675
Longitude -2.944155
Easting 345825
Northing 1010775
Grid reference HY458107
UTM reference 30V 503210 6537901
what3words them.triads.gladiator
Plus code 9CCVX3J4+78
Altitude 36 metres (118 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.3 KMs (0.8 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) 12
Households (2011) 6
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,412 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170690
Census output area (2011)S00126060
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Kirkwall - 01S01011823
Middle layer super output area (2011)East KirkwallS02002217
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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