KW15 1WU

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 1SL	85 m
KW15 1RX	144 m
KW15 1TF	154 m
KW15 1XJ	260 m
KW15 1SU	268 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW15 1WU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 July 2007
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW15
Postcode sector: KW15 1
Latitude: 58.969137
Longitude: -2.953793
British National Grid easting: 345,253
British National Grid northing: 1,009,499

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: S00170744
Lower layer super output area: West Kirkwall - 01 · S01019102
Middle layer super output area: West Kirkwall · S02003537

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

Highland Park Car Park

BCT · Kirkwall
0.1 miles
Highland Park Car Park

BCT · Kirkwall
0.1 miles
Rope Walk

BCT · Kirkwall
0.2 miles
Deerness Road

BCT · Kirkwall
0.2 miles
Easdale Close

BCT · Kirkwall
0.2 miles