KW16 3NQ

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 3NZ	1.3 km
KW16 3NY	2.1 km
KW16 3PH	2.9 km
KW16 3PG	3.3 km
KW16 3PA	3.6 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KW16 3NQ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 July 2002
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KW
Postcode district: KW16
Postcode sector: KW16 3
Latitude: 58.790802
Longitude: -3.254275
British National Grid easting: 327,603
British National Grid northing: 989,929

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: S00170783
Lower layer super output area: Isles - 01 · S01019112
Middle layer super output area: Isles · S02003539

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+: 0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

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

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