Map of KW17 2QS postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2QS
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (59 km)
Bus stops	Skibbowick Road End (SW) Heatherhouse Road End (SW) Heatherhouse Road End (NE)
Roads in this postcode	Tankerness Hall Road Yinstay Road
Number of UPRNs	114 View
Businesses	CRAIGIE BUTCHERS LIMITED H J TROTTER LIMITED R.G. BAIN LIMITED ST. MARY'S HOUSING LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.974457
	Longitude	-2.825154
	Easting	352657
	Northing	1009992
	Grid reference	HY526099
	UTM reference	30V 510052 6537220
	what3words	mobile.lifetimes.zoomed
	Plus code	9CCVX5FF+QW
	Altitude	18 metres (59 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:22
	Sunset (today)	20:57
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.5 KMs (0.9 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray	S13003150
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	March 2024
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)	160
Households (2011)	58
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,977 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00126075
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 03	S01011815
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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