Village · Orkney Islands

Dounby

Name: Dounby
Address: Dounby, Orkney Islands, KW17, GB

Sandwick parish population 811 · Postcode KW17 · Scotland

Dounby is part of the parish of Sandwick. There are no separate figures for Dounby, so broadband, food hygiene and businesses below are for all of Sandwick parish. Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from Dounby itself. What each figure covers

Where the figures come from

Sandwick parish
Broadband, food hygiene and businesses are for this whole area.
Dounby
Roughly where Dounby is: the box Ordnance Survey draws round it. There is no official outline of Dounby itself.
Centre of Dounby
Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from here.

What each figure covers

At a glance

Broadband28.7 MbpsAverage download (2023) · Up to 1000 Mbps now▼-83% well below national averageSandwick parishView coverage →

Schools1 school1 primary · with pupil numbersSandwick parish and nearbyView schools →

Flood riskVery lowGrip of Grunkahowe · 357m from the centreCentre of DounbyView assessment →

Businesses28Top: Agriculture, Construction, Hospitality▼-59% well below national averageSandwick parishView directory →

Planning13Within 5 km, 12 months · 0 in last 30 days · 7 pending · 6 approved · Orkney councilWithin 5 km of DounbyView applications →

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