Map of KW15 1DW postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode KW15 1DW
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Travel Centre ()
St Magnus centre (SE)
Post Office (N)
West Tankerness Lane (N)
Ayre Hotel (W)
Supermarkets (NW)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.980774
Longitude -2.961311
Easting 344839
Northing 1010800
Grid reference HY448108
UTM reference 30V 502224 6537911
what3words shelf.executive.adopting
Plus code 9CCVX2JQ+8F
Altitude 8 metres (25 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:36
Sunset (today) 20:46
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.3 KMs (0.2 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 May 1993
Date usage ended December 2008
Last updated March 2024
User type Large (addresses receive more 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 (2011)S00126028
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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