Map of KW17 2BU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2BU
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (92 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Number of UPRNs	147 View
Businesses	HOLLAND PAPAY LTD PAPA WESTRAY BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST S M FISHERIES LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	59.347386
	Longitude	-2.893197
	Easting	349301
	Northing	1051568
	Grid reference	HY493515
	UTM reference	30V 506074 6578739
	what3words	headlines.glares.gripes
	Plus code	9CFV84W4+XP
	Altitude	12 metres (39 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:54
	Sunset (today)	15:50
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.7 KMs (0.4 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	North Isles	S13002737
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	Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	December 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)	90
Households (2011)	40
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,153 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170601
Census output area (2011)	S00125992
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 06	S01011832
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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