Map of KW17 2HR postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2HR
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (58 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A966 A986
Number of UPRNs	27 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.087267
	Longitude	-3.24935
	Easting	328504
	Northing	1022931
	Grid reference	HY285229
	UTM reference	30V 485710 6549795
	what3words	landmark.submerged.renovated
	Plus code	9CFR3QP2+W7
	Altitude	24 metres (79 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:30
	Sunset (today)	18:15
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	3.2 KMs (2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	41
Households (2011)	16
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,902 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170629
Census output area (2011)	S00125974
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 04	S01011811
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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