| Postcode | KW15 1FZ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
Supermarkets (NW)
High Street (E)
High Street (W)
Glaitness School (SE)
Glaitness School (NW)
West Tankerness Lane (N)
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.979297 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.968112 | |
| Easting | 344446 | |
| Northing | 1010641 | |
| Grid reference | HY444106 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 501833 6537747 | |
| what3words | dripping.blink.february | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk straddle turmoil | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2HJ+PQ | |
| Altitude | 8 metres (25 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:43 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.3 KMs (0.2 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 | July 2018 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | March 2019 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references |
| 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) | S00170692 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C2 | |
| 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 |