Postcodes in Orkney Islands District

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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.

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Orkney Islands Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview


Population 21278
Addresses / Property Count 9698
Active Postcodes 734
No Of Wards in Orkney Islands 6

What is a District

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:

  • Non-Metropolitan districts
  • Unitary authority areas
  • Metropolitan boroughs
  • London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

  • Parish
  • Wards
  • Cities

Wards in Orkney Islands

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 Orphir

View Map Of Orkney Islands Wards


This 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.

List of Orkney Islands postcodes


showing 650-700 of 734 active postcodes in Orkney Islands
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
KW17 2PU North Isles 59.13179900 -2.98734700
KW17 2PY North Isles 59.13134600 -2.98780600
KW17 2PZ North Isles 59.13109300 -2.98804300
KW17 2QA North Isles 59.12102000 -2.97451300
KW17 2QD North Isles 59.14940700 -2.93180700
KW17 2QG East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.91880300 -2.81943200
KW17 2QH East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.93752400 -2.74315400
KW17 2QJ East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.93845000 -2.72826300
KW17 2QL East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.94403300 -2.76920000
KW17 2QN East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.92277200 -2.83074600
KW17 2QP East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.94837900 -2.88058200
KW17 2QQ East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.92608600 -2.76675200
KW17 2QR East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.96186400 -2.86827200
KW17 2QS East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.97445700 -2.82515400
KW17 2QT East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.94675900 -2.85429800
KW17 2QU East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.93426200 -2.85527900
KW17 2QW East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.93293300 -2.76032300
KW17 2QX Kirkwall East 58.95095700 -2.90395600
KW17 2QY East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.82310900 -2.95777900
KW17 2QZ East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89658900 -2.91767400
KW17 2RA Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.94705700 -3.06917000
KW17 2RB Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.93507800 -3.13535000
KW17 2RD Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.91912200 -3.17313500
KW17 2RE Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.93264900 -3.21009600
KW17 2RF Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.93569800 -3.19311600
KW17 2RG East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89701400 -2.91592700
KW17 2RH East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.80662400 -2.99993400
KW17 2RJ East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.79151400 -2.97574400
KW17 2RL East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.78832500 -2.94060900
KW17 2RN East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.76277500 -2.95990300
KW17 2RP Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.93285800 -3.16581900
KW17 2RQ Kirkwall West and Orphir 58.93526900 -3.14117600
KW17 2RR East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89787600 -2.90708700
KW17 2RS East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89621000 -2.91276500
KW17 2RT East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89605700 -2.91659600
KW17 2RU East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89669600 -2.90752500
KW17 2RW East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.74418800 -2.94347700
KW17 2RX East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.90326300 -2.90342200
KW17 2RY East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.90714500 -2.93102600
KW17 2RZ East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.92981100 -2.93864900
KW17 2SA East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.91352600 -2.90515300
KW17 2SB East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.90231200 -2.86514200
KW17 2SD East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89547300 -2.84144400
KW17 2SE East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89713300 -2.91171300
KW17 2SF East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.88964900 -2.89417100
KW17 2SG East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.89647600 -2.90686000
KW17 2SH East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.82656800 -2.95525300
KW17 2SL East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.82577900 -2.95863200
KW17 2SN East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.82518700 -2.96103400
KW17 2SP East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray 58.82542700 -2.95898000
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