Map of KW17 2PX postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	KW17 2PX
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (68 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.131415
	Longitude	-2.992945
	Easting	343270
	Northing	1027600
	Grid reference	HY432276
	UTM reference	30V 500403 6554685
	what3words	duos.shot.hands
	Plus code	9CFV42J4+HR
	Altitude	23 metres (76 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:29
	Sunset (today)	18:14
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.1 KMs (0 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	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	August 1973
Date usage ended	July 1992
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,710 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170612
Census output area (2011)	S00126069
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 04	S01011830
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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