| Postcode | KW15 1GL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (55 km) |
| Bus stops |
Grainbank Road End (SE)
Orcadian Office (SW)
Grainbank Road End (NW)
Peerie Sea Loan (N)
Peerie Sea Loan (S)
Ayre Mills (E)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.988681 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.975406 | |
| Easting | 344042 | |
| Northing | 1011692 | |
| Grid reference | HY440116 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 501413 6538791 | |
| what3words | lyrics.armful.shorter | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk submitter unwarlike | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2QF+FR | |
| Altitude | 21 metres (67 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:43 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0 KMs (0 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 | June 1997 |
|---|---|
| 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) | S00170662 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland - 05 | S01011817 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland | S02002215 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |