Map of KW17 2HZ postcode

General information
Postcode KW17 2HZ
Post Town Orkney
Nearest station Thurso (56 km)
Bus stops
No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 35 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 59.064718
Longitude -3.210399
Easting 330690
Northing 1020379
Grid reference HY306203
UTM reference 30V 487934 6547277
what3words feelers.recover.seashell
FixPhrase curly lurch squeeze upstream
Plus code 9CFR3Q7Q+VR
Altitude 46 metres (149 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:41
Sunset (today) 18:19
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.7 KMs (1 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward West Mainland S13002735
Council Area Orkney Islands S12000023
Constituency (2024) Orkney and Shetland S14000051
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish 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 September 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) 54
Households (2011) 21
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,902 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00170627
Census output area (2011)1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Mainland - 04S01011811
Middle layer super output area (2011)West MainlandS02002214
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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