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Where is Gorseness?

Gorseness is located in the county of Orkney, Scotland, six miles north of the town of Kirkwall, 137 miles north of the major city of Aberdeen, 215 miles north of Edinburgh, 524 miles north of Cardiff, and 534 miles north of London. Gorseness falls within the unitary authority of Orkney Islands. It is in the KW17 postcode district. The post town for Gorseness is Orkney.

Gorseness on a map

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

Which county is Gorseness in?

Gorseness 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 Gorseness in Orkney?

Gorseness is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Orkney, and towards the easternmost extremity of Orkney.

Map showing location of Gorseness within Orkney
Location of Gorseness within Orkney

What is the postcode for Gorseness?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Gorseness is KW17 2EZ.

Where is Gorseness in KW17?

Gorseness is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the KW17 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the KW17 postcode district.

Map showing location of Gorseness within KW17
Location of Gorseness within KW17

What is the post town for Gorseness?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Gorseness?

The centre of Gorseness is located at position 59.0618° latitude and -3.02121° longitude.

Latitude59.0618°
Longitude-3.02121°

What is the easting and northing of Gorseness?

The centre of Gorseness is located at the grid reference easting 341534 and northing 1019873 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting341534
Northing1019873

What are the nearest towns to Gorseness?

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

north
6m
Gorseness is 6 miles north of Kirkwall
north-east
12m
Gorseness is 12 miles north-east of Stromness
north-east
37m
Gorseness is 37 miles north-east of Thurso
north
43m
Gorseness is 43 miles north of Wick
north-east
90m
Gorseness is 90 miles north-east of Dornoch
north
93m
Gorseness is 93 miles north of Lossiemouth
north-east
94m
Gorseness is 94 miles north-east of Tain
north
94m
Gorseness is 94 miles north of Findochty
north
95m
Gorseness is 95 miles north of Cullen
north
96m
Gorseness is 96 miles north of Burghead

What are the nearest cities to Gorseness?

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

north-east
118m
Gorseness is 118 miles north-east of Inverness
north
137m
Gorseness is 137 miles north of Aberdeen
north
180m
Gorseness is 180 miles north of Dundee
north
185m
Gorseness is 185 miles north of Perth
north
207m
Gorseness is 207 miles north of Stirling
north
208m
Gorseness is 208 miles north of Dunfermline
north
215m
Gorseness is 215 miles north of Edinburgh
north
226m
Gorseness is 226 miles north of Glasgow
north
287m
Gorseness is 287 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
288m
Gorseness is 288 miles north of Carlisle