Map of KW15 1QL postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1QL
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Hordaland (E)
Hordaland (W)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Hermaness (NW)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Carters Park Road (W)
Number of UPRNs 44 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.978326
Longitude -2.950979
Easting 345429
Northing 1010519
Grid reference HY454105
UTM reference 30V 502818 6537639
what3words mercy.munched.elbowing
Plus code 9CCVX2HX+8J
Altitude 35 metres (116 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:25
Sunset (today) 20:55
Distance away
Distance to sea 1 KMs (0.6 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 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) 75
Households (2011) 37
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,412 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126044
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Kirkwall - 01S01011823
Middle layer super output area (2011)East KirkwallS02002217
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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