Map of KW17 2TU postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	KW17 2TU
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (32 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.744182
	Longitude	-3.056698
	Easting	338940
	Northing	984540
	Grid reference	ND389845
	UTM reference	30V 496718 6511568
	what3words	increases.brambles.perch
	Plus code	9CCRPWVV+M8
	Altitude	18 metres (58 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:04
	Sunset (today)	15:29
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.3 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
Date usage ended	June 1998
Last updated	December 2024
User type	Small (addresses receive less 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)	3,421 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170787
Census output area (2011)	S00125940
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 02	S01011828
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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