KW9 postcode district
KW9, in the KW (Kirkwall) postcode area, has 72 live and 12 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 44 roads under it.
| postcode area | KW (Kirkwall) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 72 |
| terminated postcodes | 12 |
| sectors | 1 |
| roads listed | 44 |
| companies registered | 66 |
| centroid | 58.01357, -3.85889 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
72 of the district's 84 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 58.01357, -3.85889, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| KW9 6 | 72 | 12 |
Companies registered in KW9
Companies House lists 66 companies with a registered office in KW9 (1 October 2026 snapshot).
Places OS Open Names lists for KW9
- Highland
- Scotland
- Brora
- Clynelish
- Doll
- Dalchalm
- East Clyne
- Achrimsdale
- West Clyne
Roads filed under KW9
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Academy Street
- Ben Mailey Gardens
- Braambury Road
- Carrol Crescent
- Clynelish Road
- Col Bheinn Road
- Dudgeon Drive
- Dudgeon Park Road
- Elder Street
- George Street
- Golf Road
- Gower Court
- Gower Lane
- Gower Street
- Gower Street Lane
- Harbour Road
- High Street
- Johnstone Crescent
- Johnstone Place
- Links View
- Manse Park
- Market Street
- Memorial Square
- Mill Way
- Moray Terrace
- Muirfield Drive
- Muirfield Road
- North Brae
- Park Court
- Red Row
- Rosslyn Street
- Ross Terrace
- Saltire
- Salt Street
- Seaforth Place
- Shore Street
- Smithy Lane
- South Brae
- Station Square
- Tarbat Crescent
- Uppat Place
- Victoria Crescent
- Victoria Drive
- Victoria Road
Check an address in KW9
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=KW9" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about KW9
- What does a KW9 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the KW9 district of the KW (Kirkwall) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Brora. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 72 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 KW9
- KW108.3 km
- KW816.1 km
- IV2517.6 km
- IV2817.6 km
- IV2025.2 km
- IV1926.2 km
- KW728.5 km
- IV2432.4 km
- KW635.9 km
- KW1136.5 km
- IV1838.8 km
- IV1138.9 km
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