Map of KW17 2JS postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2JS
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (52 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A986 Grimeston Road Netherbrough Road Stoneyhill Road
Number of UPRNs	52 View
Businesses	SOULISQUOY PRINTMAKERS LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	59.021441
	Longitude	-3.189545
	Easting	331800
	Northing	1015539
	Grid reference	HY318155
	UTM reference	30V 489116 6542454
	what3words	palettes.unusable.march
	FixPhrase	curly lure shank uncle
	Plus code	9CFR2RC6+H5
	Altitude	40 metres (132 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:03
	Sunset (today)	15:53
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.8 KMs (1.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish 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)	55
Households (2011)	23
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,434 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170647
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 03	S01011810
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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