Map of KW15 1SD postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1SD
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (52 km)
Bus stops
Car Park (SE)
Upper Scapa (S)
Upper Scapa (N)
Road End (SW)
Road End (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 55 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.962302
Longitude -2.971855
Easting 344203
Northing 1008752
Grid reference HY442087
UTM reference 30V 501618 6535854
what3words bottom.frightens.gossiped
Plus code 9CCVX26H+W7
Altitude 3 metres (10 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:54
Sunset (today) 15:49
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.1 KMs (0.1 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 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) 59
Households (2011) 25
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,836 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00170698
Census output area (2011)S00125913
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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