Map of KW16 3LU postcode

General information

Postcode	KW16 3LU
Post Town	Stromness
Nearest station	Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops	Vestrafiold (SE) Quoyloo Road End (N) Quoyloo Road End (SW)
Roads in this postcode	B9056
Number of UPRNs	17 View
Businesses	VESTRAFIOLD FARM LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	59.076286
	Longitude	-3.320765
	Easting	324388
	Northing	1021787
	Grid reference	HY243217
	UTM reference	30V 481612 6548590
	what3words	pasting.acute.adjuster
	Plus code	9CFR3MGH+GM
	Altitude	90 metres (296 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:31
	Sunset (today)	18:16
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.9 KMs (1.2 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)	23
Households (2011)	9
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,902 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170632
Census output area (2011)	S00126100
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 04	S01011811
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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