Map of KW17 2QU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2QU
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops	Quoyburray (SE)
Roads in this postcode	A960 B9052 Churchyard Road Garralanga Road Liddie Road
Number of UPRNs	88 View
Businesses	BROUGH SERVICES LIMITED FIRST PICK WINDOWS LTD NORTHERLY MARINE SERVICES LTD

Geography

	Latitude	58.934262
	Longitude	-2.855279
	Easting	350868
	Northing	1005538
	Grid reference	HY508055
	UTM reference	30V 508330 6532741
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	Plus code	9CCVW4MV+PV
	Altitude	19 metres (63 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:49
	Sunset (today)	15:18
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.6 KMs (1 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray	S13003150
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)	71
Households (2011)	34
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,977 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170762
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2021)	East Mainland - 03	S01019098
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 03	S01011815
Middle layer super output area (2021)	East Mainland	S02003536
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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