Map of KW15 1RN postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1RN
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Ayre Mills (E)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (NW)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (SE)
Grainbank Road End (SE)
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 7 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.986145
Longitude -2.972271
Easting 344218
Northing 1011407
Grid reference HY442114
UTM reference 30V 501593 6538509
what3words lance.lightly.something
Plus code 9CCVX2PH+F3
Altitude 33 metres (108 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:23
Sunset (today) 18:19
Distance away
Distance to sea 0 KMs (0 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall West and Orphir S13003152
Council Area Orkney Islands S12000023
Constituency (2024) Orkney and Shetland S14000051
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced March 2017
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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,836 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170662
Census output area (2011)S00125911
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 05S01011817
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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