Map of KW15 1SS postcode

General information

Postcode	KW15 1SS
Post Town	Kirkwall
Nearest station	Thurso (53 km)
Bus stops	Wideford Cottages (W)
Roads in this postcode	A960
Number of UPRNs	29 View
Businesses	MAJOR COMPS LTD MCLENNAN ENERGY LIMITED ORKNEY SOAP LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.959216
	Longitude	-2.93502
	Easting	346317
	Northing	1008378
	Grid reference	HY463083
	UTM reference	30V 503737 6535512
	what3words	distilled.wording.jelly
	Plus code	9CCVX357+MX
	Altitude	46 metres (152 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:13
	Sunset (today)	22:08
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.1 KMs (0.7 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Kirkwall East	S13003151
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (pre 2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	May 2024
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)	4,977 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00125918
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 03	S01011815
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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