| 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
|
| Latitude | 58.963097 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.297969 | |
| Easting | 325449 | |
| Northing | 1009159 | |
| Grid reference | HY254091 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 482862 6535981 | |
| what3words | shrimp.ambushes.airstrip | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurch spry thinner | |
| Plus code | 9CCRXP72+6R | |
| Altitude | 9 metres (30 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:51 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:20 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.1 KMs (0 miles) |
| 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 |
| Date introduced | August 1973 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | July 1992 |
| Last updated | November 2025 |
| 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote rural area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170749 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 02 | S01019087 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 02 | S01011805 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness | S02003534 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness | S02002213 |
| Travel to work area | Orkney Islands | S22000035 |