Map of KW15 1JG postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1JG
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Broad Street ()
Earl Thorfinn Street (E)
Earl Thorfinn Street (W)
Kirkwall Hotel (W)
Ferry Terminal (W)
Harbour Street ()
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 17 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.981297
Longitude -2.957394
Easting 345065
Northing 1010855
Grid reference HY450108
UTM reference 30V 502449 6537970
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Plus code 9CCVX2JV+G2
Altitude 15 metres (49 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:35
Sunset (today) 21:43
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.5 KMs (0.3 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall East S13003151
Council Area Orkney Islands S12000023
Constituency 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
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated May 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) 20
Households (2011) 14
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,471 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126045
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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