Map of KW15 1NQ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1NQ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (NW)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (SE)
Glaitness School (NW)
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Grainbank Road End (SE)
Number of UPRNs 7 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.984036
Longitude -2.973186
Easting 344162
Northing 1011173
Grid reference HY441111
UTM reference 30V 501541 6538274
what3words success.stuck.disengage
Plus code 9CCVX2MG+JP
Altitude 22 metres (72 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:28
Sunset (today) 20:53
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 July 2021
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)
1,995 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126019
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 04S01011821
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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