KW15 1JF

Kirkwall East · Orkney Islands · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Kirkwall East
Local authority: Orkney Islands
Constituency: Orkney and Shetland
Postcode district: KW15
Postcode sector: KW15 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW15 1NN	61 m
KW15 1GZ	78 m
KW15 1NY	79 m
KW15 9SA	79 m
KW15 1NL	87 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW15 1JF
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW15
Postcode sector: KW15 1
Latitude: 58.982134
Longitude: -2.957284
British National Grid easting: 345,073
British National Grid northing: 1,010,949

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Orkney Islands · S12000023
Electoral ward: Kirkwall East · S13003151
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Orkney and Shetland · S14000051
Output area: S00170688
Lower layer super output area: East Kirkwall - 03 · S01019110
Middle layer super output area: East Kirkwall · S02003538

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

St Magnus centre

BCT · Kirkwall
0.1 miles
Broad Street

TXR · Kirkwall
0.1 miles
Post Office

BCT · Kirkwall
0.2 miles
Kirkwall Hotel

BCT · Kirkwall
0.2 miles
Harbour Street

TXR · Kirkwall
0.2 miles