Map of KW15 1TU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW15 1TU
Post Town	Kirkwall
Nearest station	Thurso (52 km)
Bus stops	Marsdene (W) Cruan Riding School (E) Cruan Riding School (NW)
Roads in this postcode	A965 Old Finstown Road
Number of UPRNs	16 View
Businesses	AMAKIM LTD

Geography

	Latitude	59.001447
	Longitude	-3.094052
	Easting	337247
	Northing	1013219
	Grid reference	HY372132
	UTM reference	30V 494596 6540216
	what3words	cloud.preheated.fuel
	Plus code	9CFR2W24+H9
	Altitude	2 metres (7 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:02
	Sunset (today)	22:24
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0 KMs (0 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
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

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	June 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

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,402 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170651
Census output area (2011)	S00126065
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 01	S01011808
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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