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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |