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Where is Beaquoy?

Beaquoy is located in the county of Orkney, Scotland, eight miles north of the town of Stromness, 140 miles north of the major city of Aberdeen, 216 miles north of Edinburgh, 525 miles north of Cardiff, and 537 miles north of London. Beaquoy falls within the unitary authority of Orkney Islands. It is in the KW17 postcode district. The post town for Beaquoy is Orkney.

Beaquoy on a map

Map showing extent of Beaquoy as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Beaquoy
Map showing location of Beaquoy within the UK
Location of Beaquoy within the UK

Which county is Beaquoy in?

Beaquoy is in the ceremonial county of Orkney, the historic county of Orkney, and the administrative county of Orkney Islands.

Ceremonial CountyOrkney
Historic CountyOrkney
Administrative CountyOrkney Islands

Where is Beaquoy in Orkney?

Beaquoy is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Orkney, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Orkney.

Map showing location of Beaquoy within Orkney
Location of Beaquoy within Orkney

What is the postcode for Beaquoy?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Beaquoy is KW17 2HY.

Where is Beaquoy in KW17?

Beaquoy is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the KW17 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the KW17 postcode district.

Map showing location of Beaquoy within KW17
Location of Beaquoy within KW17

What is the post town for Beaquoy?

The post town for Beaquoy is Orkney. Beaquoy is in the KW17 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Orkney.

What is the latitude and longitude of Beaquoy?

The centre of Beaquoy is located at position 59.07679° latitude and -3.22008° longitude.

Latitude59.07679°
Longitude-3.22008°

What is the easting and northing of Beaquoy?

The centre of Beaquoy is located at the grid reference easting 330160 and northing 1021733 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting330160
Northing1021733

What are the nearest towns to Beaquoy?

Position of Beaquoy relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Beaquoy to the centre of the town.

north
8m
Beaquoy is 8 miles north of Stromness
north-west
11m
Beaquoy is 11 miles north-west of Kirkwall
north
35m
Beaquoy is 35 miles north of Thurso
north
44m
Beaquoy is 44 miles north of Wick
north
88m
Beaquoy is 88 miles north of Dornoch
north
93m
Beaquoy is 93 miles north of Tain
north
94m
Beaquoy is 94 miles north of Lossiemouth
north
96m
Beaquoy is 96 miles north of Burghead
north
96m
Beaquoy is 96 miles north of Findochty
north
97m
Beaquoy is 97 miles north of Cullen

What are the nearest cities to Beaquoy?

Position of Beaquoy relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Beaquoy to the centre of the city.

north
116m
Beaquoy is 116 miles north of Inverness
north
140m
Beaquoy is 140 miles north of Aberdeen
north
181m
Beaquoy is 181 miles north of Dundee
north
186m
Beaquoy is 186 miles north of Perth
north
207m
Beaquoy is 207 miles north of Stirling
north
208m
Beaquoy is 208 miles north of Dunfermline
north
216m
Beaquoy is 216 miles north of Edinburgh
north
226m
Beaquoy is 226 miles north of Glasgow
north
290m
Beaquoy is 290 miles north of Carlisle
north
290m
Beaquoy is 290 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne