Map of KW15 1GE postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1GE
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Grainbank Road End (SE)
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Orcadian Office (SW)
Peerie Sea Loan (N)
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Ayre Mills (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 24 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.990279
Longitude -2.974053
Easting 344122
Northing 1011869
Grid reference HY441118
UTM reference 30V 501491 6538969
what3words rainwater.blazing.pillows
Plus code 9CCVX2RG+49
Altitude 13 metres (42 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:50
Sunset (today) 21:28
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.2 KMs (0.1 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 June 1997
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,836 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00125911
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 05S01011817
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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