# KW16 3AX

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.961825, -3.303903
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRXM6W+PC
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88ix
- **Qibla:** 121.7°
- **Grid reference:** HY 25106 09025
- **UTM:** 30V 482520 6535840
- **Elevation:** 32m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Orkney Islands (S12000023)
- **Ward:** Stromness and South Isles (S13002734)
- **Constituency:** Orkney and Shetland (S14000051)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000035
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01019087
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003534
- **2021 output area:** S00170750
- **2011 LSOA:** S01011805
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002213
- **2011 output area:** S00125996
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34002192
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8A2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 5566
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000036

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 43298 |
| School | Stromness Primary School | 343 |
| Airport | Kirkwall Airport | 22871 |
| Bus stop | St Peters Park | 62 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 19596 |
| Defibrillator | Emec, Charles Clouston Building | 225 |
| Pharmacy | W H B Sutherland Pharmacy | 295 |
| Post office | Stromness Post Office | 318 |
| Library | Stromness Library | 431 |
| Coast | — | 1008 |
| Central London | — | 852760 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region P, MPAN 17)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 0% gigabit, 100% superfast, 0% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [KW16 3EH](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203EH)
- [KW16 3AU](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203AU)
- [KW16 3DX](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203DX)
- [KW16 3AY](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203AY)
- [KW16 3BG](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203BG)

## Boundary

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