Map of KW15 1YE postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode KW15 1YE
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Easdale Close (SW)
Deerness Road (NE)
Rope Walk (SW)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Hordaland (W)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.97274
Longitude -2.950965
Easting 345421
Northing 1009897
Grid reference HY454098
UTM reference 30V 502819 6537017
what3words meatballs.happily.evaded
Plus code 9CCVX2FX+3J
Altitude 48 metres (158 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:10
Sunset (today) 21:09
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 January 2004
Date usage ended August 2005
Last updated March 2024
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references
Demographics
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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