Map of KY1 4DP postcode

General information

Postcode	KY1 4DP
Post Town	Kirkcaldy
Nearest station	Glenrothes with Thornton (1 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	Station Road
Number of UPRNs	37 View
Businesses	P NELSON ROOFING AND BUILDING LTD

Geography

	Latitude	56.167852
	Longitude	-3.131682
	Easting	329824
	Northing	697820
	Grid reference	NT298978
	UTM reference	30V 491822 6224769
	what3words	thanks.mild.kings
	FixPhrase	cube lure stamina washboard
	Plus code	9C8R5V99+48
	Altitude	49 metres (160 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:23
	Sunset (today)	16:27
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	4 KMs (2.5 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
NUTS/ITL 3	Clackmannanshire and Fife
NUTS/ITL 2	Eastern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	December 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

Population (2011)	56
Households (2011)	20
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	3,224 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Other Urban Areas
Rural/urban (2011)	Other urban area
Census output area (2021)	S00154878
Census output area (2011)	S00111708
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Thornton North	S01016667
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Thornton North	S01009549
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Thornton and Kinglassie	S02003093
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Thornton and Kinglassie	S02001798
Travel to work area	Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy	S22000057

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