| Postcode | KW16 3LJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Stromness |
| Nearest station | Thurso (45 km) |
| Bus stops |
Swimming Pool (NE)
Garson Drive (SW)
Swimming Pool (SW)
Sandwick Road End (NE)
Sandwick Road End (SW)
Fire Station (SW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 58.973701 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.29021 | |
| Easting | 325918 | |
| Northing | 1010331 | |
| Grid reference | HY259103 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 483314 6537159 | |
| what3words | pastels.exploring.scrubbing | |
| FixPhrase | curling lurch stencil upswing | |
| Plus code | 9CCRXPF5+FW | |
| Altitude | 30 metres (99 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:53 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:19 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.7 KMs (0.5 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 | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Population (2011) | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 4 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Very remote rural area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00170704 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 04 | S01019089 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 03 | S01011806 |
| 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 |