KW16 3HH

West Mainland · Orkney Islands · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: West Mainland
Local authority: Orkney Islands
Constituency: Orkney and Shetland
Postcode district: KW16
Postcode sector: KW16 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW16 3HQ	667 m
KW16 3HG	1.1 km
KW16 3HF	1.2 km
KW16 3LA	1.6 km
KW17 2JY	1.7 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW16 3HH
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW16
Postcode sector: KW16 3
Latitude: 58.993214
Longitude: -3.178634
British National Grid easting: 332,372
British National Grid northing: 1,012,386

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Orkney Islands · S12000023
Electoral ward: West Mainland · S13002735
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Orkney and Shetland · S14000051
Output area: S00170653
Lower layer super output area: Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 05 · S01019090
Middle layer super output area: Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness · S02003534

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 5.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 5.6%
Gigabit-capable: 5.6%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 5.6%
Next Generation Access: 94.4%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

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