Map of KW17 2RE postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2RE
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (42 km)
Bus stops	Workwell Road End (NW) Sower Road End (N) Sower Road End (S)
Roads in this postcode	A964
Number of UPRNs	75 View
Businesses	AR STRUCTURAL DESIGN LTD THE STROMNESS ALTERNATIVE LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.932649
	Longitude	-3.210096
	Easting	330442
	Northing	1005674
	Grid reference	HY304056
	UTM reference	30V 487905 6532571
	what3words	glitter.willpower.dignify
	Plus code	9CCRWQMQ+3X
	Altitude	38 metres (123 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:24
	Sunset (today)	20:58
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1 KMs (0.6 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)	111
Households (2011)	43
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,446 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00126081
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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