Map of KW17 2LA postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2LA
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A966 Lyde Road
Number of UPRNs	24 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.04278
	Longitude	-3.169776
	Easting	332977
	Northing	1017895
	Grid reference	HY329178
	UTM reference	30V 490258 6544827
	what3words	breeze.bleak.bleaching
	Plus code	9CFR2RVJ+43
	Altitude	43 metres (142 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:08
	Sunset (today)	15:21
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	3.2 KMs (2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
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)	39
Households (2011)	17
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,434 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170639
Census output area (2011)	S00125967
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 03	S01011810
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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