Map of KW15 1GG postcode
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General information
| Postcode |
KW15 1GG
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| Post Town
|
Kirkwall |
| Nearest station |
Thurso (55 km)
|
| Bus stops |
No nearby bus stops
|
| Roads in this postcode |
|
| Number of UPRNs |
10 View |
| Businesses |
|
Geography
|
|
Latitude |
58.993716 |
|
|
Longitude |
-2.975861 |
|
|
Easting |
344024 |
|
|
Northing |
1012253 |
|
Grid reference |
HY440122 |
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UTM reference |
30V 501387 6539352 |
|
what3words |
kickers.founding.cherished |
|
FixPhrase
|
curling lurk sullen unvented |
|
Plus code |
9CCVX2VF+FM |
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Altitude |
6 metres (20 feet)
|
|
Sunrise (today) |
8:50 |
|
Sunset (today) |
15:18 |
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Distance away |
|
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Distance to sea |
0.3 KMs (0.2 miles) |
Administrative areas
| 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 |
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| Water company | Scottish Water |
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| NUTS/ITL 3 |
Highlands and Islands |
| NUTS/ITL 2 |
Highlands and Islands |
| NUTS/ITL 1 |
Scotland |
| Country |
Scotland |
S92000003 |
Data
| Date introduced |
October 2005
|
| Last updated |
November 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 |
Demographics
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Small Towns |
|---|
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote small town |
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| Census output area (2021) | S00170662 | |
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| Census output area (2011) | 1A1 | |
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| Lower layer super output area (2021) | East Mainland - 06 | S01019101 |
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| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland - 05 | S01011817 |
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| Middle layer super output area (2021) | East Mainland | S02003536 |
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| Middle layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland | S02002215 |
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| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |
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