Map of KW15 1WA postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1WA
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Lynn Road (SE)
Bellevue Park (SE)
Lynn Road (NW)
Fairwinds (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 6 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.970343
Longitude -2.94109
Easting 345985
Northing 1009622
Grid reference HY459096
UTM reference 30V 503387 6536751
what3words trump.ruins.pink
Plus code 9CCVX3C5+4H
Altitude 67 metres (220 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:25
Sunset (today) 20:55
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.3 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 February 1993
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) 2
Households (2011) 2
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,977 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00125920
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 03S01011815
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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