Map of KW15 1ZQ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1ZQ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Harbour Street ()
Ferry Terminal (W)
Post Office (N)
Broad Street ()
St Magnus centre (SE)
Travel Centre ()
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.983876
Longitude -2.95855
Easting 345003
Northing 1011143
Grid reference HY450111
UTM reference 30V 502382 6538257
what3words unstable.boss.nightfall
Plus code 9CCVX2MR+HH
Altitude 6 metres (19 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.3 KMs (0.2 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall West and Orphir S13003152
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 July 2015
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)
2,679 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2021)S00170684
Census output area (2011)S00126023
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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