Map of KW15 1UJ postcode

General information

Postcode	KW15 1UJ
Post Town	Kirkwall
Nearest station	Thurso (56 km)
Bus stops	Craigiefield (SE) Craigiefield Park (W) Craigiefield Park (E)
Roads in this postcode	Craigiefield Road
Number of UPRNs	14 View
Businesses	SCHOLES LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.993527
	Longitude	-2.940435
	Easting	346059
	Northing	1012203
	Grid reference	HY460122
	UTM reference	30V 503422 6539332
	what3words	abruptly.buying.waddled
	Plus code	9CCVX3V5+CR
	Altitude	7 metres (23 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:29
	Sunset (today)	18:14
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.8 KMs (0.5 miles)

Administrative areas

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

Data

Date introduced	November 2002
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

Population (2011)	14
Households (2011)	6
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	5,616 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170649
Census output area (2011)	S00125921
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 04	S01011816
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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