# KW15 1QX

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.984492, -2.962743
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCVX2MP+QW
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88mx
- **Qibla:** 122.1°
- **Grid reference:** HY 44763 11216
- **UTM:** 30V 502141 6538325
- **Elevation:** 3m
- **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:** S01019106
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003537
- **2021 output area:** S00170676
- **2011 LSOA:** S01011821
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002216
- **2011 output area:** S00126019
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34002197
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote small town (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Constrained City Dwellers (7C3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 1995
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000036

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 54612 |
| School | Glaitness School | 524 |
| Airport | Kirkwall Airport | 4435 |
| Bus stop | Ayre Hotel | 11 |
| Food bank | Orkney | 350 |
| Defibrillator | At Main Entrance To Police Station | 93 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 265 |
| Post office | Kirkwall Post Office | 184 |
| Library | Orkney Library & Archive | 262 |
| Coast | — | 1756 |
| Central London | — | 850415 |

## 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 1QY](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201QY)
- [KW15 1NU](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201NU)
- [KW15 1JY](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201JY)
- [KW15 1HU](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201HU)
- [KW15 1QZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201QZ)
- [KW15 1RH](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201RH)

## Boundary

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