Map of KW17 2SB postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2SB
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (52 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B9052
Number of UPRNs	31 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.902312
	Longitude	-2.865142
	Easting	350254
	Northing	1001988
	Grid reference	HY502019
	UTM reference	30V 507769 6529182
	what3words	easily.drips.denim
	Plus code	9CCVW42M+WW
	Altitude	52 metres (171 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:22
	Sunset (today)	21:57
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.2 KMs (0.8 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray	S13003150
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (pre 2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	May 2024
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)	34
Households (2011)	13
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,607 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2011)	S00125950
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 02	S01011814
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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