Postcodes in Orkney Islands District

Facts Checked By Data Team - Written By Mallika Basu - Reviewed By Jonathan Benton

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 450-500 of 734 active postcodes in Orkney Islands
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
KW16 3JB West Mainland 59.04327100 -3.28215800
KW16 3JD West Mainland 59.05899300 -3.28446000
KW16 3JE West Mainland 59.04879600 -3.29815700
KW16 3JF West Mainland 59.02502500 -3.29348100
KW16 3JG Stromness and South Isles 58.96992100 -3.28745000
KW16 3JH Stromness and South Isles 58.97193700 -3.27423700
KW16 3JJ Stromness and South Isles 58.95959000 -3.28939400
KW16 3JL Stromness and South Isles 58.97059400 -3.28651800
KW16 3JN Stromness and South Isles 58.96233300 -3.30784200
KW16 3JP Stromness and South Isles 58.96662900 -3.32782100
KW16 3JQ Stromness and South Isles 58.96726700 -3.28608100
KW16 3JR Stromness and South Isles 58.95732700 -3.30647000
KW16 3JS Stromness and South Isles 58.96999400 -3.29000200
KW16 3JT Stromness and South Isles 58.97097200 -3.28561100
KW16 3JU Stromness and South Isles 58.97646400 -3.27062200
KW16 3JW Stromness and South Isles 58.96086000 -3.31409700
KW16 3JX West Mainland 58.98532400 -3.22924100
KW16 3JY West Mainland 58.98759900 -3.20789100
KW16 3JZ West Mainland 58.99696200 -3.21418900
KW16 3LA West Mainland 58.97937300 -3.17561100
KW16 3LB West Mainland 58.98327800 -3.21475200
KW16 3LE Stromness and South Isles 58.97057100 -3.28437100
KW16 3LF West Mainland 58.98532700 -3.21084900
KW16 3LH Stromness and South Isles 58.97242000 -3.29166500
KW16 3LJ Stromness and South Isles 58.97371000 -3.29020000
KW16 3LL Stromness and South Isles 58.98909600 -3.29195900
KW16 3LN Stromness and South Isles 59.00372000 -3.28000700
KW16 3LP West Mainland 59.03058900 -3.31527700
KW16 3LR West Mainland 59.04892700 -3.33572800
KW16 3LS West Mainland 59.06663400 -3.33092200
KW16 3LT West Mainland 59.06921400 -3.30955700
KW16 3LU West Mainland 59.07628600 -3.32076500
KW16 3LW West Mainland 59.01875000 -3.30651700
KW16 3LX West Mainland 59.06786800 -3.31562100
KW16 3LY West Mainland 59.06323300 -3.31833900
KW16 3LZ West Mainland 59.06777000 -3.32165200
KW16 3NG Stromness and South Isles 58.93372200 -3.28954100
KW16 3NJ Stromness and South Isles 58.91193300 -3.33031300
KW16 3NP Stromness and South Isles 58.82587100 -3.10441000
KW16 3NQ Stromness and South Isles 58.79081300 -3.25426800
KW16 3NR Stromness and South Isles 58.83827400 -3.19724900
KW16 3NS Stromness and South Isles 58.83584200 -3.20859900
KW16 3NT Stromness and South Isles 58.83228400 -3.20589400
KW16 3NU Stromness and South Isles 58.84178900 -3.21140500
KW16 3NW Stromness and South Isles 58.83152700 -3.20522700
KW16 3NX Stromness and South Isles 58.81726200 -3.20163200
KW16 3NY Stromness and South Isles 58.80304600 -3.22717200
KW16 3NZ Stromness and South Isles 58.78141300 -3.23975100
KW16 3PA Stromness and South Isles 58.79269000 -3.19270200
KW16 3PG Stromness and South Isles 58.79906000 -3.20025800
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