Map of KW17 2TX postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2TX
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (45 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	Lairds Road Upper Waston Road
Number of UPRNs	4 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.846087
	Longitude	-2.919007
	Easting	347065
	Northing	995769
	Grid reference	ND470957
	UTM reference	30V 504673 6522916
	what3words	lessening.margin.tipping
	Plus code	9CCVR3WJ+C9
	Altitude	21 metres (70 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:05
	Sunset (today)	15:27
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.2 KMs (0.1 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	September 2008
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)	1
Households (2011)	1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,356 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170774
Census output area (2011)	S00125947
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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