# KW15 1EG

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.975882, -2.959841
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCVX2GR+93
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88mx
- **Qibla:** 122.1°
- **Grid reference:** HY 44916 10255
- **UTM:** 30V 502308 6537367
- **Elevation:** 18m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Orkney Islands (S12000023)
- **Ward:** Kirkwall West and Orphir (S13003152)
- **Constituency:** Orkney and Shetland (S14000051)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000035
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01019104
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003537
- **2021 output area:** S00170722
- **2011 LSOA:** S01011819
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002216
- **2011 output area:** S00126030
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34002200
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote small town (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4336
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000036

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 53950 |
| School | Papdale Primary School | 790 |
| Airport | Kirkwall Airport | 3722 |
| Bus stop | Laverock Road | 53 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 394 |
| Defibrillator | Bignold Park Pavilion | 326 |
| Pharmacy | Sutherland Pharmacy | 470 |
| Post office | Kirkwall Post Office | 823 |
| Library | Orkney Library & Archive | 721 |
| Coast | — | 2139 |
| Central London | — | 849446 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region P, MPAN 17)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 0% gigabit, 100% superfast, 0% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [KW15 1EH](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201EH)
- [KW15 1EL](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201EL)
- [KW15 1EF](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201EF)
- [KW15 1EQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201EQ)

## Boundary

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