Map of KW15 1RU postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1RU
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Easdale Close (SW)
Deerness Road (NE)
Rope Walk (SW)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Highland Park Car Park (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 23 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.972029
Longitude -2.951368
Easting 345397
Northing 1009818
Grid reference HY453098
UTM reference 30V 502796 6536938
what3words lonely.vanilla.bogus
Plus code 9CCVX2CX+RF
Altitude 48 metres (157 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:25
Sunset (today) 20:55
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.4 KMs (0.8 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) 36
Households (2011) 14
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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