What does a KW5 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the KW5 district of the KW (Kirkwall) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Latheronwheel. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 12 live postcodes.

KW5 postcode district

KW5, in the KW (Kirkwall) postcode area, has 12 live and 1 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files no road under it.

postcode area	KW (Kirkwall)
live postcodes	12
terminated postcodes	1
sectors	1
roads listed	0
companies registered	8
centroid	58.28728, -3.38237
directory release	2026-08

Postcodes and sectors

12 of the district's 13 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 58.28728, -3.38237, which locates the district, not a building.

sector	live	terminated
KW5 6	12	1

Companies registered in KW5

Companies House lists 8 companies with a registered office in KW5 (1 October 2026 snapshot).

Places OS Open Names lists for KW5

Highland
Scotland
Latheronwheel
Latheron
Landhallow
Smerral
Achavanich

Roads filed under KW5

OS Open Names files no road under KW5, so a street here cannot be confirmed from the register and the lookup answers about the postcode alone.

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Common questions about KW5

What does a KW5 postcode tell you?: That the address lies in the KW5 district of the KW (Kirkwall) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Latheronwheel. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 12 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest KW5

KW65.5 km
KW36.3 km
KW713.2 km
KW124.2 km
KW1225.2 km
KW825.3 km
KW1435.0 km
KW941.3 km
KW1144.1 km
KW1049.4 km
IV2855.0 km
IV2558.9 km
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