Map of KW16 3DY postcode

General information
Postcode KW16 3DY
Post Town Stromness
Nearest station Thurso (43 km)
Bus stops
St Peters Park (E)
Royal Mail Depot (SW)
Royal Mail Depot (NE)
Hoymansquoy (NW)
Hoymansquoy (SE)
Guardhouse Park (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 58.960411
Longitude -3.30257
Easting 325179
Northing 1008865
Grid reference HY251088
UTM reference 30V 482596 6535683
what3words downcast.slurred.hotel
Plus code 9CCRXM6W+5X
Altitude 17 metres (55 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:30
Sunset (today) 18:16
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
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish 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) 7
Households (2011) 5
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
3,187 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00170751
Census output area (2011)S00125997
Lower layer super output area (2011)Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 01S01011804
Middle layer super output area (2011)Stromness, Sandwick and StennessS02002213
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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