Map of KW15 1UL postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1UL
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Orcadian Office (SW)
Hatston Bus Garage (E)
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Grainbank Road End (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 42 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.986595
Longitude -2.9815
Easting 343688
Northing 1011465
Grid reference HY436114
UTM reference 30V 501063 6538559
what3words coats.irritable.waggled
Plus code 9CCVX2P9+JC
Altitude 31 metres (102 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:25
Sunset (today) 20:55
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.5 KMs (0.3 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 December 1983
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) 44
Households (2011) 19
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,836 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00125911
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 05S01011817
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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