KW postcode area: Kirkwall
The KW postcode area is known as the Kirkwall area. It is every postcode that begins KW followed by a number. It has 16 districts and 1,853 postcodes in use, across 2 councils.
For the town itself, see Kirkwall postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 58.6558
Longitude -3.2867
This is the middle of the postcodes in the KW area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
How do the KW districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- KW1 postcode district: Wick, HighlandHighland 356 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home247 of 349
- KW2 postcode district: No place listedHighland 2 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 2
- KW3 postcode district: No place listedHighland 37 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home24 of 36
- KW5 postcode district: No place listedHighland 12 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home4 of 12
- KW6 postcode district: No place listedHighland 18 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home2 of 18
- KW7 postcode district: No place listedHighland 5 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home3 of 5
- KW8 postcode district: No place listedHighland 38 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home22 of 38
- KW9 postcode district: BroraHighland 72 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home48 of 71
- KW10 postcode district: GolspieHighland 63 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home42 of 60
- KW11 postcode district: No place listedHighland 6 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 6
- KW12 postcode district: No place listedHighland 48 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home26 of 47
- KW13 postcode district: No place listedHighland 3 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home0 of 2
- KW14 postcode district: ThursoHighland 457 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home348 of 450
- KW15 postcode district: KirkwallOrkney Islands 364 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home40 of 357
- KW16 postcode district: StromnessOrkney Islands 141 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home9 of 139
- KW17 postcode district: No place listedOrkney Islands 231 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home33 of 231
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the KW area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the KW area, and how many each has.
Councils in the KW area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Highland1,117 postcodes
- Orkney Islands736 postcodes
Near the KW area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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