Map of KW15 1LS postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1LS
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Carters Park Road (W)
Weyland Park (SW)
Weyland Park (NE)
Skail Road (NW)
Cromwell Road (SW)
Skail Road (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 24 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.985781
Longitude -2.952212
Easting 345370
Northing 1011350
Grid reference HY453113
UTM reference 30V 502746 6538469
what3words walkway.shows.curls
Plus code 9CCVX2PX+84
Altitude 20 metres (66 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
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) 38
Households (2011) 16
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,851 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170674
Census output area (2011)S00126052
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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