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General information
| Postcode |
KW15 1XN
|
| Post Town
|
Kirkwall |
| Nearest station |
Thurso (55 km)
|
| Bus stops |
Reid Crescent Path (NW)
Fairwinds (N)
Otterswick (NE)
|
| Roads in this postcode |
|
| Number of UPRNs |
18 View |
| Businesses |
|
Geography
|
|
Latitude |
58.978893 |
|
|
Longitude |
-2.93607 |
|
|
Easting |
346287 |
|
|
Northing |
1010570 |
|
Grid reference |
HY462105 |
|
UTM reference |
30V 503675 6537703 |
|
what3words |
reclusive.simulations.dishing |
|
Plus code |
9CCVX3H7+HH |
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Altitude |
52 metres (172 feet)
|
|
Sunrise (today) |
6:23 |
|
Sunset (today) |
18:19 |
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Distance away |
|
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Distance to sea |
1 KMs (0.6 miles) |
Administrative areas
| Ward |
Kirkwall East
|
S13003151 |
| Council Area |
Orkney Islands
|
S12000023 |
| Constituency (2024) |
Orkney and Shetland |
S14000051 |
| MP | Mr Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrat |
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| Police force | Scotland |
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| Water company | Scottish Water |
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| NUTS/ITL 3 |
Highlands and Islands |
| NUTS/ITL 2 |
Highlands and Islands |
| NUTS/ITL 1 |
Scotland |
| Country |
Scotland |
S92000003 |
Data
| Date introduced |
December 1995
|
| 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
| Population (2011) |
42 |
|
| Households (2011) |
18 |
|
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
| Rural/urban | Very remote small town |
|---|
| Census output area (2021) | S00170694 | |
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| Census output area (2011) | S00126070 | |
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| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland - 04 | S01011816 |
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| Middle layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland | S02002215 |
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| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |
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