Map of KW15 1QU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW15 1QU
Post Town	Kirkwall
Nearest station	Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops	Repeater Road (NE)
Number of UPRNs	3 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.969967
	Longitude	-2.934876
	Easting	346342
	Northing	1009575
	Grid reference	HY463095
	UTM reference	30V 503744 6536709
	what3words	chop.interviewer.owns
	Plus code	9CCVX398+X2
	Altitude	4 metres (13 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
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland

Data

Date introduced	September 2019
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)	4,977 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00125918
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 03	S01011815
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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