Map of KW17 2DQ postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2DQ
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (86 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	Hirstquoy
Number of UPRNs	6 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.318522
	Longitude	-2.996544
	Easting	343375
	Northing	1048437
	Grid reference	HY433484
	UTM reference	30V 500196 6575520
	what3words	factory.snow.troll
	Plus code	9CFV8293+C9
	Altitude	19 metres (62 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:10
	Sunset (today)	15:19
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.6 KMs (0.3 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 2013
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

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,153 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170602
Census output area (2011)	S00125991
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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