# KW16 3NS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 58.835832, -3.208605
- **Open Location Code:** 9CCRRQPR+8H
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO88ju
- **Qibla:** 121.8°
- **Grid reference:** ND 30333 94894
- **UTM:** 30V 487958 6521790
- **Elevation:** 13m
- **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:** 2000-06

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01019112
- **2021 MSOA:** S02003539
- **2021 output area:** S00170775
- **2011 LSOA:** S01011827
- **2011 MSOA:** S02002218
- **2011 output area:** S00125922
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34002194
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1A3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 2097
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000036

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thurso | 32953 |
| School | North Walls Community School | 2189 |
| Airport | Kirkwall Airport | 22096 |
| Bus stop | Pier | 891 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 21231 |
| Defibrillator | Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd | 424 |
| Pharmacy | W H B Sutherland Pharmacy | 15014 |
| Post office | Lyness Post Office | 433 |
| Library | Stromness Library | 15114 |
| Coast | — | 468 |
| Central London | — | 837815 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [KW16 3NT](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203NT)
- [KW16 3NU](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203NU)
- [KW16 3NR](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203NR)
- [KW16 3NY](https://openpostcodes.uk/KW16%203NY)

## Boundary

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