KW17 2SX

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray · Orkney Islands · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
Local authority: Orkney Islands
Constituency: Orkney and Shetland
Postcode district: KW17
Postcode sector: KW17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW17 2SU	805 m
KW17 2TX	1.2 km
KW17 2TT	1.2 km
KW17 2ST	1.3 km
KW17 2TE	1.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW17 2SX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW17
Postcode sector: KW17 2
Latitude: 58.855089
Longitude: -2.929888
British National Grid easting: 346,451
British National Grid northing: 996,781

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Orkney Islands · S12000023
Electoral ward: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray · S13003150
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Orkney and Shetland · S14000051
Output area: S00170776
Lower layer super output area: Isles - 03 · S01019114
Middle layer super output area: Isles · S02003539

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+: 66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

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.

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