Map of KW16 3NZ postcode

General information

Postcode	KW16 3NZ
Post Town	Stromness
Nearest station	Thurso (27 km)
Bus stops	Hurliness (SE) Lifeboat Road End (E) Lifeboat Road End (W)
Roads in this postcode	B9047
Number of UPRNs	55 View
Businesses	GABLE END THEATRE CO. LTD. LONGIGILL LTD MELSETTER FARMS LTD ORKNEY OYSTERS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	58.781413
	Longitude	-3.239751
	Easting	328423
	Northing	988867
	Grid reference	ND284888
	UTM reference	30V 486138 6515737
	what3words	positions.minds.weds
	Plus code	9CCRQQJ6+H3
	Altitude	6 metres (18 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:27
	Sunset (today)	18:18
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.2 KMs (0.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Stromness and South Isles	S13002734
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	52
Households (2011)	25
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,097 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170783
Census output area (2011)	S00125923
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 01	S01011827
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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