| Postcode | KW15 1RY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
Highland Park Car Park (S)
Upper Crantit Road (NW)
Upper Crantit Road (SE)
Kirklands Road (NE)
Quoybanks Crescent (N)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 25 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 58.971737 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.955708 | |
| Easting | 345147 | |
| Northing | 1009789 | |
| Grid reference | HY451097 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 502546 6536905 | |
| what3words | incur.evolution.cracker | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk staunch unvisited | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2CV+MP | |
| Altitude | 30 metres (100 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:18 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.2 KMs (0.8 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 33 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 16 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Small Towns | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170739 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Kirkwall - 01 | S01019102 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall - 01 | S01011818 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | West Kirkwall | S02003537 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Kirkwall | S02002216 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |