Map of KW15 1RX postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1RX
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Highland Park Car Park (S)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Upper Crantit Road (NW)
Upper Crantit Road (SE)
Rope Walk (SW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 15 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.970388
Longitude -2.9545
Easting 345214
Northing 1009638
Grid reference HY452096
UTM reference 30V 502616 6536755
what3words custom.intensely.conquest
Plus code 9CCVX2CW+56
Altitude 41 metres (134 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:39
Sunset (today) 21:39
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.4 KMs (0.9 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 May 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) 28
Households (2011) 14
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,263 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126015
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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