Map of KY2 5BS postcode

General information
Postcode KY2 5BS
Post Town Kirkcaldy
Nearest station Kirkcaldy (1 km)
Bus stops
Balwearie High School (E)
Balwearie High School (E)
Balwearie High School (E)
Balwearie High School (E)
Balwearie High School (E)
Balwearie High School (E)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 56.105771
Longitude -3.170715
Easting 327283
Northing 690951
Grid reference NT272909
UTM reference 30V 489381 6217864
what3words oasis.family.tags
FixPhrase cube lure scared veteran
Plus code 9C8R4R4H+8P
Altitude 46 metres (149 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:17
Sunset (today) 16:36
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.1 KMs (0.7 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy S13002953
Council Area Fife S12000047
Constituency (2024) Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy S14000071
MP Melanie Ward 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 February 2024
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
6,419 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)Other Urban Areas
Rural/urban (2011)Other urban area
Census output area (2021)S00155633
Census output area (2011)S00111349
Lower layer super output area (2021)Raith Estate and SouthertonS01016607
Lower layer super output area (2011)Raith Estate and SouthertonS01009493
Middle layer super output area (2021)Kirkcaldy RaithS02003082
Middle layer super output area (2011)Kirkcaldy RaithS02001787
Travel to work areaDunfermline and KirkcaldyS22000057
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