Map of KW17 2YB postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	KW17 2YB
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (60 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.05353
	Longitude	-3.008391
	Easting	342255
	Northing	1018941
	Grid reference	HY422189
	UTM reference	30V 499518 6546012
	what3words	messy.scoping.crate
	Plus code	9CFR3X3R+CJ
	Altitude	16 metres (51 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:55
	Sunset (today)	15:49
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0 KMs (0 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
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	February 1994
Date usage ended	June 2000
Last updated	December 2024
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes)

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,790 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170630
Census output area (2011)	S00125983
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 05	S01011812
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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