Map of KW16 3HU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW16 3HU
Post Town	Stromness
Nearest station	Thurso (47 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A967
Number of UPRNs	65 View
Businesses	A H SINCLAIR LTD BDS PLANT HIRE (ORKNEY) LIMITED ORLOG LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.998816
	Longitude	-3.303429
	Easting	325213
	Northing	1013142
	Grid reference	HY252131
	UTM reference	30V 482566 6539959
	what3words	struts.stockpile.lanes
	Plus code	9CCRXMXW+GJ
	Altitude	36 metres (118 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:30
	Sunset (today)	18:16
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.3 KMs (0.8 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)	114
Households (2011)	42
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	5,424 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170648
Census output area (2011)	S00125931
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 04	S01011807
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness	S02002213
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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