KW17 2JZ

West Mainland · Orkney Islands · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: West Mainland
Local authority: Orkney Islands
Constituency: Orkney and Shetland
Postcode district: KW17
Postcode sector: KW17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW17 2JY	916 m
KW17 2EL	1.2 km
KW17 2EP	1.2 km
KW17 2LH	1.3 km
KW17 2EN	1.4 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW17 2JZ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW17
Postcode sector: KW17 2
Latitude: 59.006268
Longitude: -3.142066
British National Grid easting: 334,498
British National Grid northing: 1,013,803

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Orkney Islands · S12000023
Electoral ward: West Mainland · S13002735
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Orkney and Shetland · S14000051
Output area: S00170650
Lower layer super output area: West Mainland - 01 · S01019091
Middle layer super output area: West Mainland · S02003535

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 71.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 71.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 71.4%
Gigabit-capable: 71.4%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 85.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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