Map of KW15 1YF postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1YF
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Easdale Close (SW)
Deerness Road (NE)
Rope Walk (SW)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Highland Park Car Park (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 11 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.972586
Longitude -2.951239
Easting 345405
Northing 1009880
Grid reference HY454098
UTM reference 30V 502803 6537000
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Plus code 9CCVX2FX+2G
Altitude 48 metres (158 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:23
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.3 KMs (0.8 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) 27
Households (2011) 11
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,263 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170734
Census output area (2011)S00126083
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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