KW16 3 postcode sector in the KW16 district

KW16 3 is a sector of the KW16 district: every postcode that starts KW16 3. It has 141 postcodes in use, 3 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the KW16 3 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the KW16 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 141 postcodes in the KW16 3 sector that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 138 were in use before 2020. Places named: Kirkwall, Stromness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A964A965A966A986 KW16 3AA: before 2020KW16 3AD: before 2020KW16 3AE: before 2020KW16 3AF: before 2020KW16 3AG: before 2020KW16 3AH: before 2020KW16 3AR: before 2020KW16 3AS: before 2020KW16 3AW: before 2020KW16 3BH: before 2020KW16 3BN: before 2020KW16 3BQ: before 2020KW16 3BW: before 2020KW16 3DD: before 2020KW16 3DG: before 2020KW16 3DJ: before 2020KW16 3DL: before 2020KW16 3DN: before 2020KW16 3DP: before 2020KW16 3DW: before 2020KW16 3EE: before 2020KW16 3EU: before 2020KW16 3EX: before 2020KW16 3EY: before 2020KW16 3EZ: before 2020KW16 3HA: before 2020KW16 3HB: before 2020KW16 3HD: before 2020KW16 3HE: before 2020KW16 3HF: before 2020KW16 3HG: before 2020KW16 3HH: before 2020KW16 3HJ: before 2020KW16 3HQ: before 2020KW16 3HR: before 2020KW16 3HS: before 2020KW16 3HT: before 2020KW16 3HU: before 2020KW16 3HX: before 2020KW16 3HY: before 2020KW16 3HZ: before 2020KW16 3JA: before 2020KW16 3JB: before 2020KW16 3JD: before 2020KW16 3JE: before 2020KW16 3JF: before 2020KW16 3JG: before 2020KW16 3JH: before 2020KW16 3JJ: before 2020KW16 3JP: before 2020KW16 3JR: before 2020KW16 3JT: before 2020KW16 3JU: before 2020KW16 3JW: before 2020KW16 3JX: before 2020KW16 3JY: before 2020KW16 3JZ: before 2020KW16 3LA: before 2020KW16 3LB: before 2020KW16 3LF: before 2020KW16 3LL: before 2020KW16 3LN: before 2020KW16 3LP: before 2020KW16 3LR: before 2020KW16 3LS: before 2020KW16 3LT: before 2020KW16 3LU: before 2020KW16 3LW: before 2020KW16 3LX: before 2020KW16 3LY: before 2020KW16 3LZ: before 2020KW16 3NG: before 2020KW16 3NJ: before 2020KW16 3NP: before 2020KW16 3NQ: before 2020KW16 3NR: before 2020KW16 3NS: before 2020KW16 3NT: before 2020KW16 3NU: before 2020KW16 3NW: before 2020KW16 3NX: before 2020KW16 3NY: before 2020KW16 3NZ: before 2020KW16 3PA: before 2020KW16 3PG: before 2020KW16 3PH: before 2020KW16 3PQ: before 2020KW16 3ER: new since 2020KW16 3ES: new since 2020KW16 3XZ: new since 2020 KirkwallStromness Map of every postcode in the KW16 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 141 postcodes in the KW16 3 sector that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 138 were in use before 2020. Places named: Stromness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A964A965A966 Stromness
  • New since 2020: 3
  • In use before 2020: 138

Of the 141 postcodes in the KW16 3 sector 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.

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

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Postcodes in KW16 3

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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