| Postcode | KW15 1QY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (55 km) |
| Bus stops |
Travel Centre ()
Post Office (N)
West Tankerness Lane (N)
Broad Street ()
Supermarkets (NW)
Harbour Street ()
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 58.983932 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.963162 | |
| Easting | 344738 | |
| Northing | 1011153 | |
| Grid reference | HY447111 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 502117 6538263 | |
| what3words | prune.third.brains | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2MP+HP | |
| Altitude | 3 metres (8 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 9:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:21 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0 KMs (0 miles) |
| Ward | Kirkwall West and Orphir | S13003152 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Orkney Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 |
| 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170676 | |
| Census output area (2011) | S00126020 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall - 04 | S01011821 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall | S02002216 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |