Map of KW17 2RJ postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2RJ
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (39 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A961
Number of UPRNs	28 View
Businesses	FAIRBAIRN TRAWLING LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.790576
	Longitude	-2.976104
	Easting	343680
	Northing	989635
	Grid reference	ND436896
	UTM reference	30V 501381 6516733
	what3words	rocky.chromatic.patch
	FixPhrase	curler lurk subtract unrest
	Plus code	9CCVQ2RF+6H
	Altitude	36 metres (119 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:51
	Sunset (today)	20:40
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.5 KMs (0.3 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	July 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)	29
Households (2011)	15
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,421 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170784
Census output area (2011)	S00125941
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 02	S01011828
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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