| Postcode | KW15 9SU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Kirkwall |
| Nearest station | Thurso (55 km) |
| Bus stops |
Broad Street ()
Earl Thorfinn Street (E)
Earl Thorfinn Street (W)
Ferry Terminal (W)
Kirkwall Hotel (W)
Harbour Street ()
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.981473 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.95683 | |
| Easting | 345098 | |
| Northing | 1010874 | |
| Grid reference | HY450108 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 502481 6537989 | |
| what3words | etchings.mergers.ranches | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk strewn unhook | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX2JV+H7 | |
| Altitude | 15 metres (48 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:18 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.5 KMs (0.3 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 | March 2005 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 2014 |
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Small Towns | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170688 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | East Kirkwall - 03 | S01019110 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Kirkwall - 03 | S01011825 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | East Kirkwall | S02003538 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | East Kirkwall | S02002217 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |