KW16 3JU

Stromness and South Isles · Orkney Islands · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Stromness and South Isles
Local authority: Orkney Islands
Constituency: Orkney and Shetland
Postcode district: KW16
Postcode sector: KW16 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KW16 3JH	547 m
KW16 3EX	912 m
KW16 3LE	1.0 km
KW16 3EU	1.1 km
KW16 3BL	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW16 3JU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW16
Postcode sector: KW16 3
Latitude: 58.976464
Longitude: -3.270622
British National Grid easting: 327,051
British National Grid northing: 1,010,618

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Orkney Islands · S12000023
Electoral ward: Stromness and South Isles · S13002734
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Orkney and Shetland · S14000051
Output area: S00170661
Lower layer super output area: Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness - 03 · S01019088
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+: 80%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 52%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 52%
Gigabit-capable: 52%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
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

Quoybow

BCT · Stromness
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Quoybow

BCT · Stromness
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Bu Road End

BCT · Stromness
0.2 miles
Bu Road End

BCT · Stromness
0.2 miles
Howe Farm

BCT · Stromness
0.3 miles