Map of KW15 1SL postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1SL
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Highland Park Car Park (N)
Rope Walk (SW)
Easdale Close (SW)
Easdale Close (NE)
Deerness Road (NE)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 28 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.969344
Longitude -2.952367
Easting 345335
Northing 1009520
Grid reference HY453095
UTM reference 30V 502739 6536639
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Plus code 9CCVX29X+P3
Altitude 52 metres (172 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:30
Sunset (today) 16:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.4 KMs (0.9 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall East S13003151
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 March 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) 60
Households (2011) 26
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,263 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170744
Census output area (2011)S00126015
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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