Map of KW16 3AB postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode KW16 3AB
Post Town Stromness
Nearest station Thurso (43 km)
Bus stops
Asgard (NE)
Travel Centre ()
Royal Mail Depot (SW)
Royal Mail Depot (NE)
Fire Station (NE)
Fire Station (SW)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.963106
Longitude -3.297959
Easting 325450
Northing 1009160
Grid reference HY254091
UTM reference 30V 482863 6535982
what3words shrimp.ambushes.airstrip
Plus code 9CCRXP72+6R
Altitude 9 metres (30 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:11
Sunset (today) 21:11
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.1 KMs (0 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Stromness and South Isles S13002734
Council Area Orkney Islands S12000023
Constituency Orkney and Shetland S14000051
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland
Data
Date introduced August 1973
Date usage ended July 1992
Last updated March 2024
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,566 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote rural area
Census output area (2011)S00126004
Lower layer super output area (2011)Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 02S01011805
Middle layer super output area (2011)Stromness, Sandwick and StennessS02002213
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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