Map of KW15 1YZ postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1YZ
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (56 km)
Bus stops
Clumly Avenue (SW)
Craigiefield Park (W)
Craigiefield Park (E)
Wasdale Crescent (NE)
Wasdale Crescent (SW)
Craigiefield (NW)
Number of UPRNs 17 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.990428
Longitude -2.94448
Easting 345822
Northing 1011861
Grid reference HY458118
UTM reference 30V 503190 6538987
what3words limp.heckler.foresight
Plus code 9CCVX3R4+56
Altitude 11 metres (34 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:08
Sunset (today) 22:13
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.7 KMs (0.4 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 December 2021
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,616 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2011)S00125921
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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