Map of KW15 1RW postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1RW
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Upper Crantit Road (SE)
Heilendi Pratice (SE)
Heilendi Practice (NW)
Kirklands Road (NE)
Highland Park Car Park (N)
Highland Park Car Park (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 20 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.971194
Longitude -2.958453
Easting 344988
Northing 1009731
Grid reference HY449097
UTM reference 30V 502388 6536845
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Plus code 9CCVX2CR+FJ
Altitude 21 metres (70 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:23
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.2 KMs (0.8 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 Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced February 1994
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) 26
Households (2011) 12
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,263 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170739
Census output area (2011)S00126014
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 01S01011818
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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