# KW15 1SG

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.950481, -3.031409
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRXX29+5C
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88lw
- **Qibla:** 122°
- **Grid reference:** HY 40758 07488
- **UTM:** 30V 498192 6534538
- **Elevation:** 80m
- **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:** S01019100
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003536
- **2021 output area:** S00170747
- **2011 LSOA:** S01011817
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002215
- **2011 output area:** S00125912
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34002214
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4836
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000036

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 49234 |
| School | Glaitness School | 4941 |
| Airport | Kirkwall Airport | 7291 |
| Bus stop | Greenigoe | 33 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 5004 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 3714 |
| Pharmacy | Sutherland Pharmacy | 5175 |
| Post office | Kirkwall Post Office | 5458 |
| Library | Orkney Library & Archive | 5265 |
| Coast | — | 1042 |
| Central London | — | 847662 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region P, MPAN 17)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 27.3% gigabit, 100% superfast, 27.3% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [KW15 1WG](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201WG)
- [KW17 2RA](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW17%202RA)
- [KW15 1TR](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201TR)
- [KW15 1TS](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW15%201TS)
- [KW17 2RZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW17%202RZ)
- [KW17 2RY](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW17%202RY)

## Boundary

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