Map of KW15 1RT postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1RT
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Highland Park Car Park (S)
Highland Park Car Park (N)
Easdale Close (NE)
Easdale Close (SW)
Deerness Road (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 13 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.971818
Longitude -2.953079
Easting 345298
Northing 1009796
Grid reference HY452097
UTM reference 30V 502697 6536914
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Plus code 9CCVX2CW+PQ
Altitude 41 metres (133 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:25
Sunset (today) 20:55
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.3 KMs (0.8 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 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) 27
Households (2011) 8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,263 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126083
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Kirkwall - 01S01011818
Middle layer super output area (2011)West KirkwallS02002216
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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