Latitude: 58.9842 / 58°59'3"N
Longitude: -2.9582 / 2°57'29"W
OS Eastings: 345024
OS Northings: 1011178
OS Grid: HY450111
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.RKX
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JFKZ
Plus Code: 9CCVX2MR+MP
Maidenhead Locator System: IO88mx56
What Three Birds: auk.phalarope.starling
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
KW15 1HR is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are B and A.
Commercial rateable values range from £1,400 to £27,500 with an average of £8,498. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Office.
KW15 1HR is in the Orkney Islands travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Orkney Community Health Partnership Primary Care Trust.
KW15 1HR is approximately 6m (20ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing KW15 1HR
2c1: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for KW15 1HR
Scotland 5: a small town or large village, with a drive time of more than 60 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Supermarkets near KW15 1HR include Co-Operative Food, Lidl and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of KW15 1HR are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
MP
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Councillors
Ivan Taylor (Independent)
Sandy Cowie (Independent)
Kristopher Leask (Green Party)
Leslie Manson (Independent)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for KW15 1HR.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near KW15 1HR.
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