Map of KY8 1BF postcode

General information

Postcode	KY8 1BF
Post Town	Leven
Nearest station	Markinch (6 km)
Bus stops	Standing Stane Road (NE)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	56.178928
	Longitude	-3.0485
	Easting	335008
	Northing	698971
	Grid reference	NT350989
	UTM reference	30V 496989 6225995
	what3words	digit.repair.harder
	Plus code	9C8R5XH2+HJ
	Altitude	36 metres (119 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:28
	Sunset (today)	18:15
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.2 KMs (0.8 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages	S13002966
Council Area	Fife	S12000047
Constituency (2024)	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	S14000090
MP	Richard Baker	Labour
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Clackmannanshire and Fife
NUTS/ITL 2	Eastern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	October 2023
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)	3,202 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00154716
Census output area (2011)	S00111706
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Wemyss and Standingstane	S01009541
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Wemyss	S02001797
Travel to work area	Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy	S22000057

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