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General information
| Postcode |
KW17 2LS
|
| Post Town
|
Orkney |
| Nearest station |
Thurso (61 km)
|
| Bus stops |
Meran Road End (SE)
Wattle (E)
|
| Roads in this postcode |
|
| Number of UPRNs |
27 View |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
Geography
|
|
Latitude |
59.126531 |
|
|
Longitude |
-3.287372 |
|
|
Easting |
326410 |
|
|
Northing |
1027344 |
|
Grid reference |
HY264273 |
|
UTM reference |
30V 483550 6554176 |
|
what3words |
palms.bunks.slanting |
|
FixPhrase
|
curry lurch shortlist unheated |
|
Plus code |
9CFR4PG7+J3 |
|
Altitude |
31 metres (101 feet)
|
|
Sunrise (today) |
8:53 |
|
Sunset (today) |
15:19 |
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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 |
November 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) |
24 |
|
| Households (2011) |
12 |
|
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural |
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| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote rural area |
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| Census output area (2021) | S00170618 | |
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| Census output area (2011) | 1A1 | |
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| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Mainland - 04 | S01019094 |
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| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Mainland - 04 | S01011811 |
|---|
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | West Mainland | S02003535 |
|---|
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Mainland | S02002214 |
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| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |
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