Map of KW15 1YJ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1YJ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (56 km)
Bus stops
Clumly Avenue (SW)
Wasdale Crescent (NE)
Wasdale Crescent (SW)
Craigiefield Park (W)
Craigiefield Park (E)
Skail Road (SE)
Number of UPRNs 12 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.990462
Longitude -2.945943
Easting 345738
Northing 1011866
Grid reference HY457118
UTM reference 30V 503106 6538991
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Plus code 9CCVX3R3+5J
Altitude 24 metres (78 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:20
Sunset (today) 18:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.6 KMs (0.4 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 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced December 2021
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,616 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00170668
Census output area (2011)S00125921
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 04S01011816
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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