| Postcode | KW15 1QL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
Hordaland (E)
Hordaland (W)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Hermaness (NW)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Carters Park Road (W)
|
| Number of UPRNs | 43 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 58.978326 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.950979 | |
| Easting | 345429 | |
| Northing | 1010519 | |
| Grid reference | HY454105 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 502818 6537639 | |
| what3words | mercy.munched.elbowing | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2HX+8J | |
| Altitude | 35 metres (116 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:23 | |
| Sunset (today) | 18:19 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1 KMs (0.6 miles) |
| Ward | Kirkwall East | S13003151 |
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | Orkney Islands | S12000023 |
| Constituency (2024) | Orkney and Shetland | S14000051 |
| MP | Mr Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrat |
| Police force | Scotland | |
| Water company | Scottish Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | February 2025 |
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 75 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 37 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Rural/urban | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170708 | |
| Census output area (2011) | S00126044 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Kirkwall - 01 | S01011823 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | East Kirkwall | S02002217 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |