Map of KW17 2RU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2RU
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (49 km)
Bus stops	Station Square (W) Commodore Motel (E) Commodore Motel (W)
Roads in this postcode	A961 Station Square Sutherland Drive West Greaves Road
Number of UPRNs	61 View
Businesses	ALFRED FLETT LIMITED BRUCE MARINE LLP CELINA RUPP JEWELLERY LTD JEST ENGINEERING LTD

Geography

	Latitude	58.896696
	Longitude	-2.907525
	Easting	347804
	Northing	1001395
	Grid reference	HY478013
	UTM reference	30V 505328 6528552
	what3words	sharpness.headed.baseline
	Plus code	9CCVV3WR+MX
	Altitude	10 metres (34 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:25
	Sunset (today)	20:55
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.4 KMs (0.3 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)	49
Households (2011)	21
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,373 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00125952
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 01	S01011813
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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