Map of KW15 1XP postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1XP
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Annfield Crescent (NW)
Papdale Place (NE)
Papdale Place (SW)
Grammar School (NE)
Orkney College (W)
Orkney College (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 8 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.982455
Longitude -2.945462
Easting 345753
Northing 1010974
Grid reference HY457109
UTM reference 30V 503134 6538099
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Plus code 9CCVX3J3+XR
Altitude 42 metres (139 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:20
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.2 KMs (0.7 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 January 2014
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,471 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170682
Census output area (2011)S00126062
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Kirkwall - 03S01011825
Middle layer super output area (2011)East KirkwallS02002217
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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