Map of KW16 3LR postcode

General information

Postcode	KW16 3LR
Post Town	Stromness
Nearest station	Thurso (52 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B9056
Number of UPRNs	30 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.048927
	Longitude	-3.335728
	Easting	323469
	Northing	1018758
	Grid reference	HY234187
	UTM reference	30V 480739 6545548
	what3words	convinced.grab.pulse
	Plus code	9CFR2MX7+HP
	Altitude	9 metres (28 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:31
	Sunset (today)	18:16
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.4 KMs (0.3 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
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)	17
Households (2011)	8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	5,424 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170641
Census output area (2011)	S00125934
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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