Map of KY5 8LL postcode

Geography
Latitude 56.136931
Longitude -3.312849
Easting 318509
Northing 694578
Grid reference NT185945
UTM reference 30V 480557 6221363
what3words frown.chase.goat
Plus code 9C8R4MPP+QV
Altitude 99 metres (326 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:30
Sunset (today) 18:17
Distance away
Distance to sea 9.2 KMs (5.7 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty S13003130
Council Area Fife S12000047
Constituency (2024) Glenrothes and Mid Fife S14000090
MPRichard BakerLabour
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Clackmannanshire and Fife
NUTS/ITL 2 Eastern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced February 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
1,745 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanOther urban area
Census output area (2021)S00154998
Census output area (2011)S00109819
Lower layer super output area (2011)Lochgelly NorthS01009445
Middle layer super output area (2011)Lochgelly EastS02001777
Travel to work areaDunfermline and KirkcaldyS22000057
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