Map of KW15 1WG postcode

General information

Postcode	KW15 1WG
Post Town	Kirkwall
Nearest station	Thurso (50 km)
Bus stops	Marness Garage (SW)
Roads in this postcode	A964
Number of UPRNs	7 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.954274
	Longitude	-3.017424
	Easting	341569
	Northing	1007897
	Grid reference	HY415078
	UTM reference	30V 498997 6534960
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	Plus code	9CCRXX3M+P2
	Altitude	15 metres (48 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:18
	Sunset (today)	22:03
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.2 KMs (0.7 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Kirkwall West and Orphir	S13003152
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	May 2023
Last updated	February 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)	4,836 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170747
Census output area (2011)	S00125912
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 05	S01011817
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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