Map of KW17 2TW postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2TW
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (40 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B9042 B9043 School Road
Number of UPRNs	53 View
Businesses	FAREWELL FARMS LTD HOPE CO HOUSING COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Geography

	Latitude	58.821093
	Longitude	-2.993898
	Easting	342702
	Northing	993048
	Grid reference	ND427930
	UTM reference	30V 500352 6520130
	what3words	devalued.deduced.long
	FixPhrase	curliness lurk shamrock tidy
	Plus code	9CCVR2C4+CC
	Altitude	30 metres (99 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:51
	Sunset (today)	15:19
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.3 KMs (0.2 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)	56
Households (2011)	25
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,421 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170780
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Isles - 02	S01019113
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 02	S01011828
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Isles	S02003539
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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