Map of KW15 1SZ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1SZ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops
Reid Crescent Path (NW)
Otterswick (NE)
Fairwinds (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 81 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.978627
Longitude -2.936863
Easting 346241
Northing 1010541
Grid reference HY462105
UTM reference 30V 503629 6537673
what3words registry.excavated.hunk
Plus code 9CCVX3H7+F7
Altitude 51 metres (169 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:22
Sunset (today) 21:58
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
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Constituency (2024) Orkney and Shetland S14000051
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish 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) 148
Households (2011) 63
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,616 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2011)S00126071
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Mainland - 04S01011816
Middle layer super output area (2011)East MainlandS02002215
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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