| Postcode | KW15 1BQ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
Hornesquoy Road (S)
Hornesquoy Road (N)
Hospital Entrance (N)
MacMillan (E)
Macmillan (W)
Laverock Road (E)
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.974621 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.962867 | |
| Easting | 344740 | |
| Northing | 1010116 | |
| Grid reference | HY447101 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 502134 6537226 | |
| what3words | coder.vocally.annual | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk stiffness unshaken | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2FP+RV | |
| Altitude | 10 metres (33 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:43 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.8 KMs (0.5 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 | October 1994 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more 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) | S00170715 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall - 03 | S01011820 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall | S02002216 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |