Map of KW17 2RB postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2RB
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (44 km)
Bus stops	Ivy Cottage (NE)
Roads in this postcode	A964 Gyre Road Kingfisher Road Petticoat Lane Scorradale Road
Number of UPRNs	151 View
Businesses	DEVONIAN SCOTTISH FISH LTD GROUNDWATER TAIT LIMITED ORKNEY GEO TOURS LTD YARPHA FARM LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.935078
	Longitude	-3.13535
	Easting	334749
	Northing	1005869
	Grid reference	HY347058
	UTM reference	30V 492209 6532830
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	Plus code	9CCRWVP7+2V
	Altitude	48 metres (157 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:23
	Sunset (today)	20:58
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.3 KMs (0.8 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Kirkwall West and Orphir	S13003152
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)	181
Households (2011)	75
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,446 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00126082
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 02	S01011809
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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