KW17 2YB
West Mainland · Orkney Islands · Scotland
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- West Mainland
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Postcode district
- KW17
- Postcode sector
- KW17 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- KW17 2YB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1994
- Terminated
- 1 June 2000
- Postcode area
- KW
- Postcode district
- KW17
- Postcode sector
- KW17 2
- Latitude
- 59.053523
- Longitude
- -3.008399
- British National Grid easting
- 342,255
- British National Grid northing
- 1,018,941
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
- S00170630
- Lower layer super output area
- West Mainland - 05 · S01019095
- 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
Explore KW17
Nearby transport
- 2.7 miles
Gorseness
BCT · Rendall
- 2.7 miles
Gorseness
BCT · Rendall
- 2.7 miles
Tingwall Orkney Ferry Terminal
FER · Tingwall
- 2.7 miles
Ferry terminal
BCT · Tingwall
- 2.8 miles
Tingwall Orkney Ferry Terminal
FTD · Tingwall