| Postcode | KW15 1AW |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
West Tankerness Lane (N)
Tesco (NW)
High Street (E)
High Street (W)
Glaitness School (SE)
Glaitness School (NW)
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.980427 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.965795 | |
| Easting | 344581 | |
| Northing | 1010765 | |
| Grid reference | HY445107 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 501966 6537873 | |
| what3words | cracks.detective.able | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk stratus underfed | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2JM+5M | |
| Altitude | 4 metres (13 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:43 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.1 KMs (0.1 miles) |
| Ward | Kirkwall West and Orphir | S13003152 |
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | Orkney Islands | S12000023 |
| Constituency (2024) | Orkney and Shetland | S14000051 |
| MP | Mr Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrat |
| Police force | Scotland | |
| Water company | Scottish Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Highlands and Islands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | July 2006 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Small Towns | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170676 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7C3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall - 04 | S01011821 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall | S02002216 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |