| Postcode | KW17 2QX |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Orkney |
| Nearest station | Thurso (54 km) |
| Bus stops |
Airport Terminal (SE)
Road End (E)
Road End (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 3 View |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.950949 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.903961 | |
| Easting | 348091 | |
| Northing | 1007433 | |
| Grid reference | HY480074 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 505525 6534594 | |
| what3words | patching.pegs.watched | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurk snowbird wackiness | |
| Plus code | 9CCVX32W+9C | |
| Altitude | 39 metres (129 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:42 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.2 KMs (0.8 miles) |
| Ward | Kirkwall East | S13003151 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 2 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote rural area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170746 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland - 03 | S01011815 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | East Mainland | S02002215 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |