Map of KW15 1EL postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1EL
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Heilendi Pratice (SE)
Heilendi Practice (NW)
Earl Thorfinn Street (W)
Earl Thorfinn Street (E)
Kirklands Road (NE)
Hornesquoy Road (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 8 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.976153
Longitude -2.95953
Easting 344934
Northing 1010284
Grid reference HY449102
UTM reference 30V 502326 6537397
what3words unloads.punctuate.tycoons
Plus code 9CCVX2GR+F5
Altitude 17 metres (55 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:47
Sunset (today) 20:36
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.7 KMs (0.4 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall West and Orphir S13003152
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 March 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) 10
Households (2011) 8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,336 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126030
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 02S01011819
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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