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, and which are new since 2020

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  • New since 2020: 3
  • In use before 2020: 138

Of the 141 postcodes in KW16 that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 138 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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

The 3 newest postcodes

KW16 3ESFebruary 2026KW16 3XZSeptember 2023KW16 3ERAugust 2021

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

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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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