EV Charging Points in KW15

Orkney Islands, Scotland

Public chargers in the Orkney Islands council area

KW15 is in the Orkney Islands council area. On 1 July 2026, Orkney Islands had 85 public EV chargers, including 15 rated 50kW or more. That is 386.0 per 100,000 people, 24th of 361 UK local authorities (UK: 174.9). The Department for Transport does not publish figures for individual postcode districts, so these figures cover the whole council area.

Orkney Islands council area, 1 July 2026
85
Public EV chargers
15
Rated 50kW or more
386.0
Per 100,000 people
24th
Rank of 361 councils (per person)

Charge points listed near KW15

Open Charge Map lists 14 sites with KW15 postcodes, with 40 sockets between them. The 12 most recently checked are below. This is community-maintained data from October 2026 and is incomplete: across the UK it lists about 48 sockets for every 100 devices the Department for Transport counts. Check the network app before you travel.

  • Orkney Islands Council

    POD Point (UK) · KW15 1NY · up to 3 kW · 2 sockets

    checked October 2026

  • Tesco Superstore-Kirkwall

    POD Point (UK) · KW15 1RP · up to 50 kW · 6 sockets

    not recently verified

  • Kirkwall - Great Western Road CP

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1AN · up to 22 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

  • Pickaquoy Centre Car Park

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1LR · up to 22 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

  • Lynnfield Hotel

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1SU · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

  • St. Rognvalds House, Orkney (1)

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1BB · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

  • Lidl-Kirkwall

    POD Point (UK) · KW15 1RP · up to 50 kW · 3 sockets

    not recently verified

  • Great Western Road Car Park Rapid (2)

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1BX · up to 50 kW · 3 sockets

    not recently verified

  • Lynnfield Hotel

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1SW · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

  • East Kirk Car Park

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1NY · up to 7 kW · 4 sockets

    not recently verified

  • The Pickaquoy Centre

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1LR · up to 11 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

  • St Rognvalds House Ac7.4 Dual

    Chargeplace Scotland · KW15 1BB · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets

    not recently verified

Charge point data from Open Charge Map contributors, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Some records contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

Live charger map near KW15

Standard: 3kW to under 8kW
Standard plus: 8kW to under 50kW
Rapid: 50kW to under 150kW
Ultra-rapid: 150kW and above

Map points come live from Open Charge Map and may not include every charger.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public EV chargers are there in KW15?
The Department for Transport does not count chargers by postcode district. KW15 is in the Orkney Islands council area. Figures cover the whole Orkney Islands council area. It had 85 public EV chargers on 1 July 2026, including 15 chargers rated 50kW or more.
How does Orkney Islands compare with the rest of the UK?
Orkney Islands had 386.0 public chargers per 100,000 people on 1 July 2026, ranking 24th of 361 UK local authorities. The UK figure was 174.9.
How much does public charging cost in KW15?
Prices are set by each charging network, not by area, so ChargeFinder does not publish an area average. Our network pages show prices where we have checked them against the operator's website, with the month checked. Otherwise, the page says the price has not been checked or that prices vary by site.

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