Map of KW15 1ST postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1ST
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (52 km)
Bus stops
Dalespot (SE)
Cannigall Road End (S)
Cannigall Road End (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.948856
Longitude -2.95285
Easting 345275
Northing 1007239
Grid reference HY452072
UTM reference 30V 502712 6534358
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Plus code 9CCVW2XW+GV
Altitude 66 metres (217 feet)
Sunrise (today) 9:07
Sunset (today) 15:21
Distance away
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
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
NUTS/ITL 3 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced February 1994
Last updated December 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) 5
Households (2011) 2
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
4,373 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00170756
Census output area (2011)S00125916
Lower layer super output area (2021)East Mainland - 05S01019100
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 01S01011813
Middle layer super output area (2021)East MainlandS02003536
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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