This article covers information about postcodes in Orkney Islands's local authority district. Orkney Islands district is further divided into 6 Wards.
Below is a complete list of Orkney Islands Postcodes, it has 734 active postcodes. Orkney Islands contains approximately 9698 residential properties with a population of about 21278.
| Population | 21278 |
| Addresses / Property Count | 9698 |
| Active Postcodes | 734 |
| No Of Wards in Orkney Islands | 6 |
The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. Orkney Islands is a local authority district in county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:
Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:
There are 6 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.
Stromness and South Isles West Mainland North Isles East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Kirkwall East Kirkwall West and OrphirThis map shows all wards in the district of Orkney Islands, zoom to view all the pointers. If you click on any pointer you can see the ward name. Below the ward name, you can see a link called view postcodes. Click on the link to see the postcodes for that ward.
| Postcode | Ward | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| KW16 3PH | Stromness and South Isles | 58.79899600 | -3.20612300 |
| KW16 3PQ | Stromness and South Isles | 58.80059700 | -3.16085200 |
| KW16 9AB | Stromness and South Isles | 58.96368700 | -3.30187600 |
| KW16 9AF | Stromness and South Isles | 58.96367700 | -3.30188600 |
| KW17 2AA | North Isles | 59.16196900 | -2.76737300 |
| KW17 2AB | North Isles | 59.21342200 | -2.75660700 |
| KW17 2AE | North Isles | 59.12096700 | -2.61129600 |
| KW17 2AF | North Isles | 59.09949200 | -2.58848200 |
| KW17 2AG | North Isles | 59.10997900 | -2.57789200 |
| KW17 2AJ | North Isles | 59.09431700 | -2.59497300 |
| KW17 2AL | East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray | 58.82390800 | -2.95665800 |
| KW17 2AN | North Isles | 59.10042400 | -2.65808000 |
| KW17 2AP | West Mainland | 59.06942200 | -3.23442500 |
| KW17 2AQ | West Mainland | 59.11507400 | -3.31666900 |
| KW17 2AR | North Isles | 59.14076900 | -2.60166900 |
| KW17 2AS | North Isles | 59.14013700 | -2.59346500 |
| KW17 2AT | North Isles | 59.14133500 | -2.63736800 |
| KW17 2AU | North Isles | 59.03806200 | -2.57513000 |
| KW17 2AW | West Mainland | 59.04166600 | -3.07889600 |
| KW17 2AX | East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray | 58.84389100 | -2.92085400 |
| KW17 2AY | North Isles | 59.25472900 | -2.59780300 |
| KW17 2AZ | North Isles | 59.28259200 | -2.58060100 |
| KW17 2BA | North Isles | 59.22743400 | -2.65996400 |
| KW17 2BB | North Isles | 59.25553100 | -2.55027800 |
| KW17 2BE | North Isles | 59.36425700 | -2.42624500 |
| KW17 2BG | North Isles | 59.38076400 | -2.41011400 |
| KW17 2BJ | North Isles | 59.23338600 | -2.59916400 |
| KW17 2BL | North Isles | 59.24520600 | -2.55932000 |
| KW17 2BN | North Isles | 59.25591400 | -2.57487500 |
| KW17 2BP | North Isles | 59.28323000 | -2.45776800 |
| KW17 2BU | North Isles | 59.34738600 | -2.89319700 |
| KW17 2BW | North Isles | 59.25569200 | -2.54421300 |
| KW17 2BZ | North Isles | 59.31559600 | -2.98882500 |
| KW17 2DA | North Isles | 59.31588800 | -2.97859200 |
| KW17 2DB | North Isles | 59.30514000 | -2.95543500 |
| KW17 2DD | North Isles | 59.28973700 | -2.90667700 |
| KW17 2DE | North Isles | 59.25274200 | -2.87034300 |
| KW17 2DF | North Isles | 59.32239900 | -2.98810900 |
| KW17 2DG | North Isles | 59.32155100 | -2.98977100 |
| KW17 2DH | North Isles | 59.32108800 | -2.98924800 |
| KW17 2DJ | North Isles | 59.32131500 | -2.99136300 |
| KW17 2DL | North Isles | 59.32474600 | -2.97632500 |
| KW17 2DN | North Isles | 59.33619000 | -2.97298800 |
| KW17 2DP | North Isles | 59.29039600 | -2.97698200 |
| KW17 2DQ | North Isles | 59.31852200 | -2.99654400 |
| KW17 2DR | North Isles | 59.27632900 | -2.98212400 |
| KW17 2DU | North Isles | 59.03757700 | -2.90149000 |
| KW17 2DW | North Isles | 59.31758600 | -3.00444900 |
| KW17 2DX | North Isles | 59.03228900 | -2.90926700 |
| KW17 2DY | North Isles | 59.04169400 | -2.90231200 |