KW17 2RE

Kirkwall West and Orphir · Orkney Islands · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW17 2RF	1.0 km
KW16 3HB	1.8 km
KW17 2RD	2.3 km
KW17 2RP	2.5 km
KW16 3HA	3.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW17 2RE
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW17
Postcode sector: KW17 2
Latitude: 58.932649
Longitude: -3.210096
British National Grid easting: 330,442
British National Grid northing: 1,005,675

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Orkney Islands · S12000023
Electoral ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir · S13003152
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Orkney and Shetland · S14000051
Output area: S00170763
Lower layer super output area: West Mainland - 02 · S01019092
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+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 76%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 76%
Gigabit-capable: 76%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
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.

Nearby transport

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0.3 miles
Sower Road End

BCT · Houton
0.4 miles
Sower Road End

BCT · Houton
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Norwood

BCT · Orphir
0.5 miles