Map of KW15 1RH postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1RH
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Peerie Sea Loan (N)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (SE)
Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (NW)
Glaitness School (SE)
Glaitness School (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 7 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.986753
Longitude -2.970253
Easting 344335
Northing 1011473
Grid reference HY443114
UTM reference 30V 501709 6538577
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Plus code 9CCVX2PH+PV
Altitude 5 metres (17 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:25
Sunset (today) 20:55
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.1 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 2017
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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