Map of KW15 1XY postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1XY
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Broad Street ()
Earl Thorfinn Street (E)
Earl Thorfinn Street (W)
Travel Centre ()
Post Office (N)
Laverock Road (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 10 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.979882
Longitude -2.959251
Easting 344956
Northing 1010699
Grid reference HY449106
UTM reference 30V 502342 6537812
what3words lookout.culling.courts
Plus code 9CCVX2HR+X7
Altitude 15 metres (48 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:22
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.4 KMs (0.3 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) 12
Households (2011) 8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
2,679 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170703
Census output area (2011)S00126026
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 05S01011822
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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