Map of KW17 2SX postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2SX
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (45 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A961 Churchill Barrier No 3
Number of UPRNs	48 View
Businesses	COOPSKEE CLEANING LTD FOSSIL CENTRE COMMUNITY CAFE LIMITED MS&A CONSULTING LIMITED SKAPA MINING SERVICES LTD. TYPESCAPE DESIGN LLP

Geography

	Latitude	58.855098
	Longitude	-2.929883
	Easting	346451
	Northing	996781
	Grid reference	ND464967
	UTM reference	30V 504045 6523919
	what3words	hawks.dormant.empires
	Plus code	9CCVV34C+22
	Altitude	39 metres (128 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:05
	Sunset (today)	15:27
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.4 KMs (0.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray	S13003150
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)	49
Households (2011)	25
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,356 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170776
Census output area (2011)	S00125949
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 03	S01011829
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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