Map of KY5 8LQ postcode

General information
Postcode KY5 8LQ
Post Town Lochgelly
Nearest station Lochgelly (0 km)
Bus stops
High School (NW)
High School (S)
Kingslea Cottage (SE)
Kingslea Cottage (NW)
Railway Station (NW)
Railway Station (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 2 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 56.138498
Longitude -3.317377
Easting 318231
Northing 694758
Grid reference NT182947
UTM reference 30V 480276 6221539
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Plus code 9C8R4MQM+92
Altitude 93 metres (305 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:40
Sunset (today) 21:43
Distance away
Distance to sea 9.4 KMs (5.8 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 October 1989
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
Population (2011) 2
Households (2011) 1
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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