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Where is Longhope?

Longhope is located in the county of Orkney, Scotland, 12 miles south of the town of Stromness, 121 miles north of the major city of Aberdeen, 197 miles north of Edinburgh, 506 miles north of Cardiff, and 518 miles north of London. Longhope falls within the unitary authority of Orkney Islands. It is in the KW16 postcode district. The post town for Longhope is Stromness.

Longhope on a map

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

Which county is Longhope in?

Longhope 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 Longhope in Orkney?

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

Map showing location of Longhope within Orkney
Location of Longhope within Orkney

What is the postcode for Longhope?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Longhope is KW16 3PH.

Where is Longhope in KW16?

Longhope is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the KW16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the KW16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Longhope within KW16
Location of Longhope within KW16

What is the post town for Longhope?

The post town for Longhope is Stromness. Longhope is in the KW16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Stromness.

What is the latitude and longitude of Longhope?

The centre of Longhope is located at position 58.79808° latitude and -3.20744° longitude.

Latitude58.79808°
Longitude-3.20744°

What is the easting and northing of Longhope?

The centre of Longhope is located at the grid reference easting 330324 and northing 990688 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting330324
Northing990688

What are the nearest towns to Longhope?

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

south
12m
Longhope is 12 miles south of Stromness
south-west
15m
Longhope is 15 miles south-west of Kirkwall
north-east
18m
Longhope is 18 miles north-east of Thurso
north
25m
Longhope is 25 miles north of Wick
north-east
70m
Longhope is 70 miles north-east of Dornoch
north
75m
Longhope is 75 miles north of Lossiemouth
north-east
75m
Longhope is 75 miles north-east of Tain
north
77m
Longhope is 77 miles north of Burghead
north
77m
Longhope is 77 miles north of Findochty
north
78m
Longhope is 78 miles north of Cullen

What are the nearest cities to Longhope?

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

north-east
99m
Longhope is 99 miles north-east of Inverness
north
121m
Longhope is 121 miles north of Aberdeen
north
162m
Longhope is 162 miles north of Dundee
north
166m
Longhope is 166 miles north of Perth
north
188m
Longhope is 188 miles north of Stirling
north
189m
Longhope is 189 miles north of Dunfermline
north
197m
Longhope is 197 miles north of Edinburgh
north
207m
Longhope is 207 miles north of Glasgow
north
270m
Longhope is 270 miles north of Carlisle
north
271m
Longhope is 271 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne