KW16 3LA

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 3HH	1.6 km
KW16 3HF	1.9 km
KW16 3HE	2.0 km
KW16 3JY	2.1 km
KW16 3LF	2.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW16 3LA
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW16
Postcode sector: KW16 3
Latitude: 58.979365
Longitude: -3.175620
British National Grid easting: 332,518
British National Grid northing: 1,010,841

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

Explore KW16

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 95.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 87%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 87%
Gigabit-capable: 87%

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

Ring of Brodgar Road End

BCT · Stenness
1.1 miles
Tormiston Mill

BCT · Stenness
1.1 miles
Ring of Brodgar Road End

BCT · Stenness
1.1 miles
Tormiston Mill

BCT · Stenness
1.1 miles
Garage

BCT · Stenness
1.4 miles