Map of KW15 1XL postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1XL
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Lynn Road (SE)
Lynn Road (NW)
Deerness Road (NE)
Rope Walk (SW)
Easdale Close (SW)
Easdale Close (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 19 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.971242
Longitude -2.947115
Easting 345640
Northing 1009727
Grid reference HY456097
UTM reference 30V 503040 6536851
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Plus code 9CCVX3C3+F5
Altitude 54 metres (177 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.6 KMs (1 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 October 1992
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) 38
Households (2011) 16
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,977 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170738
Census output area (2011)S00125920
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 03S01011815
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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