KW16 postcode district: Stromness and around, Orkney Islands

KW16 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 141 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Stromness. Its council is Orkney Islands.

Postcodes in use
141
Sectors
1
Council
Orkney Islands
Places
Stromness

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in KW16, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in KW16, by gigabit broadband Of the 141 postcodes in KW16 that ONS places, 93 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 37 have some that can, 9 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure. 3 groups of postcodes without gigabit are outlined: 55 postcodes without gigabit; 6 postcodes without gigabit; 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Stromness, Kirkwall. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A964A965A966A986 KW16 3XZ: no Ofcom figureKW16 3HG: gigabit for allKW16 3HX: gigabit for allKW16 3JA: gigabit for allKW16 3JE: gigabit for allKW16 3JF: gigabit for allKW16 3LW: gigabit for allKW16 3LX: gigabit for allKW16 3LZ: gigabit for allKW16 3AE: some gigabitKW16 3AG: some gigabitKW16 3BW: some gigabitKW16 3EX: some gigabitKW16 3EY: some gigabitKW16 3EZ: some gigabitKW16 3HA: some gigabitKW16 3HF: some gigabitKW16 3HH: some gigabitKW16 3HQ: some gigabitKW16 3HR: some gigabitKW16 3HS: some gigabitKW16 3HT: some gigabitKW16 3HU: some gigabitKW16 3HY: some gigabitKW16 3HZ: some gigabitKW16 3JB: some gigabitKW16 3JD: some gigabitKW16 3JH: some gigabitKW16 3JP: some gigabitKW16 3JT: some gigabitKW16 3JU: some gigabitKW16 3JW: some gigabitKW16 3JX: some gigabitKW16 3JY: some gigabitKW16 3LA: some gigabitKW16 3LL: some gigabitKW16 3LN: some gigabitKW16 3LP: some gigabitKW16 3LR: some gigabitKW16 3LS: some gigabitKW16 3LT: some gigabitKW16 3LY: some gigabitKW16 3JS: some gigabitKW16 3AA: no gigabitKW16 3AF: no gigabitKW16 3AH: no gigabitKW16 3AR: no gigabitKW16 3AS: no gigabitKW16 3AW: no gigabitKW16 3BH: no gigabitKW16 3BN: no gigabitKW16 3BQ: no gigabitKW16 3DD: no gigabitKW16 3DG: no gigabitKW16 3DJ: no gigabitKW16 3DL: no gigabitKW16 3DN: no gigabitKW16 3DP: no gigabitKW16 3DW: no gigabitKW16 3EE: no gigabitKW16 3EU: no gigabitKW16 3HB: no gigabitKW16 3HD: no gigabitKW16 3HE: no gigabitKW16 3HJ: no gigabitKW16 3JJ: no gigabitKW16 3JR: no gigabitKW16 3JZ: no gigabitKW16 3LB: no gigabitKW16 3LF: no gigabitKW16 3LU: no gigabitKW16 3NG: no gigabitKW16 3NJ: no gigabitKW16 3NP: no gigabitKW16 3NQ: no gigabitKW16 3NR: no gigabitKW16 3NS: no gigabitKW16 3NT: no gigabitKW16 3NU: no gigabitKW16 3NW: no gigabitKW16 3NX: no gigabitKW16 3NY: no gigabitKW16 3NZ: no gigabitKW16 3PA: no gigabitKW16 3PG: no gigabitKW16 3PH: no gigabitKW16 3PQ: no gigabitKW16 3AL: no gigabitKW16 3LH: no gigabitKW16 3JL: no gigabit StromnessKirkwall 55 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to KW16 3DY, the one nearest the middle of them55 postcodes without gigabit6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to KW16 3AF, the one nearest the middle of them6 postcodes without gigabit5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to KW16 3LH, the one nearest the middle of them5 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in KW16, by gigabit broadband Of the 141 postcodes in KW16 that ONS places, 93 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 37 have some that can, 9 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure. 3 groups of postcodes without gigabit are outlined: 55 postcodes without gigabit; 6 postcodes without gigabit; 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Stromness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A964A965A966 Stromness
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 93
  • Some can get gigabit: 37
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 9
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 2
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 141 postcodes in KW16 that ONS places, 93 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 37 have some that can, 9 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 270 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 58.9609, longitude -3.2768. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Postcodes without gigabit

93 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

KW16 3AAKW16 3AFKW16 3AHKW16 3ALKW16 3ANKW16 3APKW16 3AQKW16 3ARKW16 3ASKW16 3ATKW16 3AUKW16 3AW

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 55 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. KW16 3DY, is the one nearest the middle of them.
  • 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. KW16 3AF, is the one nearest the middle of them.
  • 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. KW16 3LH, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in KW16?

Ofcom reports on 139 of the 141 postcodes in KW16. At 9 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 20 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit9 of 139
Postcodes where every home can get superfast88 of 139
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband20 of 139

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in KW16

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

KW16 3141 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in KW16

Towns and villages with postcodes in KW16, and how many each has here.

Stromness postcodes,77

Who covers KW16

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Orkney and Shetland141

Police force areas

  • Scotland141

Next to KW16

KW15 postcode district KW17 postcode district All KW districts Stromness postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after KW16 in the KW area.

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