Map of KW17 2RP postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2RP
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (43 km)
Bus stops	Scorra Dale Road End (NE) Scorra Dale Road End (SW) Scorralee Road End (E)
Roads in this postcode	Petticoat Lane
Number of UPRNs	14 View
Businesses	STROMA MARINE SERVICES LTD

Geography

	Latitude	58.932858
	Longitude	-3.165819
	Easting	332991
	Northing	1005652
	Grid reference	HY329056
	UTM reference	30V 490454 6532587
	what3words	snores.ferrying.apprehend
	Plus code	9CCRWRMM+4M
	Altitude	49 metres (162 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:52
	Sunset (today)	15:54
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.7 KMs (1.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Kirkwall West and Orphir	S13003152
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	June 1999
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)	23
Households (2011)	10
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,446 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170763
Census output area (2011)	S00126082
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 02	S01011809
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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