| Postcode | KW15 1XS |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
Lynn Road (NW)
Bellevue Park (SE)
Deerness Road (NE)
Rope Walk (SW)
Easdale Close (SW)
Easdale Close (NE)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 23 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 58.970645 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.945382 | |
| Easting | 345739 | |
| Northing | 1009659 | |
| Grid reference | HY457096 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 503140 6536784 | |
| what3words | following.hello.blackbird | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk stash unrobed | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX3C3+7R | |
| Altitude | 60 metres (198 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:43 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.6 KMs (1 miles) |
| Ward | Kirkwall East | S13003151 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Date introduced | June 2008 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 |
| Population (2011) | 42 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 20 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Small Towns | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170738 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| 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 |