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General information
| Postcode |
KW15 1SS
|
| Post Town
|
Kirkwall |
| Nearest station |
Thurso (53 km)
|
| Bus stops |
Wideford Cottages (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode |
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| Number of UPRNs |
29 View |
| Businesses |
|
Geography
|
|
Latitude |
58.959216 |
|
|
Longitude |
-2.93502 |
|
|
Easting |
346317 |
|
|
Northing |
1008378 |
|
Grid reference |
HY463083 |
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UTM reference |
30V 503737 6535512 |
|
what3words |
distilled.wording.jelly |
|
FixPhrase
|
curling lurk spongy tributary |
|
Plus code |
9CCVX357+MX |
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Altitude |
46 metres (152 feet)
|
|
Sunrise (today) |
7:42 |
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Sunset (today) |
16:10 |
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Distance away |
|
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Distance to sea |
1.1 KMs (0.7 miles) |
Administrative areas
| Ward |
Kirkwall East
|
S13003151 |
| Council Area |
Orkney Islands
|
S12000023 |
| Constituency (2024) |
Orkney and Shetland |
S14000051 |
| MP | Mr Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrat |
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| 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 |
January 1980
|
| 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 |
Demographics
| Population (2011) |
24 |
|
| Households (2011) |
9 |
|
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural |
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| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote rural area |
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| Census output area (2021) | S00170656 | |
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| Census output area (2011) | 1A1 | |
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| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland - 03 | S01011815 |
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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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