Map of KY1 4YB postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	KY1 4YB
Post Town	Kirkcaldy
Nearest station	Glenrothes with Thornton (3 km)
Bus stops	Earlseat Farm (SW)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	56.163981
	Longitude	-3.097785
	Easting	331922
	Northing	697355
	Grid reference	NT319973
	UTM reference	30V 493927 6224334
	what3words	wording.pythons.hardback
	FixPhrase	cube luridness squatted synergy
	Plus code	9C8R5W72+HV
	Altitude	73 metres (241 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:51
	Sunset (today)	19:24
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	2.1 KMs (1.3 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Glenrothes Central and Thornton	S13002959
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	December 1997
Date usage ended	June 1999
Last updated	September 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes)

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,202 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00154716
Census output area (2011)	1A3
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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