Map of KY5 9BU postcode

General information

Postcode	KY5 9BU
Post Town	Lochgelly
Nearest station	Cardenden (2 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Number of UPRNs	1 View
Businesses	FMS DRIFT PREP LTD

Geography

	Latitude	56.127558
	Longitude	-3.280402
	Easting	320506
	Northing	693497
	Grid reference	NT205934
	UTM reference	30V 482569 6220312
	what3words	immunity.ordeals.ounce
	FixPhrase	cube lurch showdown unstopped
	Plus code	9C8R4PH9+2R
	Altitude	118 metres (388 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:17
	Sunset (today)	16:36
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	7.9 KMs (4.9 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty	S13003130
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	February 2022
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)	4,695 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00154935
Census output area (2011)	S00111344
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Jamphlars and Lochgelly Landward	S01016560
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Jamphlars and Lochgelly Landward	S01009442
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Cardenden	S02003071
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Cardenden	S02001776
Travel to work area	Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy	S22000057

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