Map of KW15 1XG postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1XG
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Ronaldsvoe (NE)
Otterswick (NE)
Hermaness (SE)
Grammar School (SW)
Hermaness (NW)
Grammar School (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 21 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.976363
Longitude -2.943202
Easting 345873
Northing 1010294
Grid reference HY458102
UTM reference 30V 503265 6537421
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Plus code 9CCVX3G4+GP
Altitude 32 metres (106 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:22
Sunset (today) 20:57
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.4 KMs (0.9 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) 23
Households (2011) 10
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
2,749 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126037
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Kirkwall - 02S01011824
Middle layer super output area (2011)East KirkwallS02002217
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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