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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KW15 1UU | Kirkwall East | 58.97733400 | -2.94672500 |
| KW15 1UW | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.97821800 | -2.97658800 |
| KW15 1UX | Kirkwall East | 58.97636800 | -2.94741200 |
| KW15 1UY | Kirkwall East | 58.97616700 | -2.94665800 |
| KW15 1UZ | Kirkwall East | 58.97565500 | -2.94534000 |
| KW15 1WA | Kirkwall East | 58.97034300 | -2.94109000 |
| KW15 1WB | Kirkwall East | 58.97083400 | -2.95004300 |
| KW15 1WD | Kirkwall East | 58.97056500 | -2.94873100 |
| KW15 1WQ | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98331100 | -2.96072100 |
| KW15 1WT | Kirkwall East | 58.97797900 | -2.93479800 |
| KW15 1WU | Kirkwall East | 58.96913800 | -2.95379300 |
| KW15 1WW | Kirkwall East | 58.98535300 | -2.95077900 |
| KW15 1WX | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.97765900 | -2.96364800 |
| KW15 1WY | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.97517200 | -2.96959700 |
| KW15 1WZ | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98348300 | -2.95931600 |
| KW15 1XA | Kirkwall East | 58.97671600 | -2.94519500 |
| KW15 1XB | Kirkwall East | 58.97708500 | -2.94506600 |
| KW15 1XD | Kirkwall East | 58.97720900 | -2.94407800 |
| KW15 1XE | Kirkwall East | 58.97634500 | -2.94443700 |
| KW15 1XF | Kirkwall East | 58.97574700 | -2.94393300 |
| KW15 1XG | Kirkwall East | 58.97636300 | -2.94320200 |
| KW15 1XH | Kirkwall East | 58.97668400 | -2.94223700 |
| KW15 1XJ | Kirkwall East | 58.97088300 | -2.95077400 |
| KW15 1XL | Kirkwall East | 58.97124200 | -2.94711500 |
| KW15 1XN | Kirkwall East | 58.97889300 | -2.93607000 |
| KW15 1XP | Kirkwall East | 58.98245500 | -2.94546200 |
| KW15 1XQ | Kirkwall East | 58.97730300 | -2.94228900 |
| KW15 1XR | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98551600 | -2.97467200 |
| KW15 1XS | Kirkwall East | 58.97064500 | -2.94538200 |
| KW15 1XT | Kirkwall East | 58.97010100 | -2.94488000 |
| KW15 1XU | Kirkwall East | 58.98065800 | -2.93808900 |
| KW15 1XW | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98352000 | -2.97856500 |
| KW15 1XX | Kirkwall East | 58.97980600 | -2.93778200 |
| KW15 1XY | Kirkwall East | 58.97988200 | -2.95925100 |
| KW15 1XZ | Kirkwall East | 59.00125200 | -2.94180000 |
| KW15 1YA | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98331100 | -2.96072100 |
| KW15 1YF | Kirkwall East | 58.97258600 | -2.95123900 |
| KW15 1YJ | Kirkwall East | 58.99046200 | -2.94594300 |
| KW15 1YN | Kirkwall East | 58.98795400 | -2.94969600 |
| KW15 1YP | Kirkwall East | 58.98863500 | -2.94875800 |
| KW15 1YR | Kirkwall East | 58.98886100 | -2.94975600 |
| KW15 1YS | Kirkwall East | 58.98854700 | -2.95098300 |
| KW15 1YT | Kirkwall East | 58.98953000 | -2.94911300 |
| KW15 1YU | Kirkwall East | 58.98901700 | -2.94688900 |
| KW15 1YW | Kirkwall East | 58.98806000 | -2.94877700 |
| KW15 1YZ | Kirkwall East | 58.99042800 | -2.94448000 |
| KW15 1ZA | Kirkwall East | 58.99155500 | -2.94388400 |
| KW15 1ZG | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98461900 | -2.97569100 |
| KW15 1ZH | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98376300 | -2.97592200 |
| KW15 1ZJ | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 58.98376500 | -2.97684400 |