| Postcode | KY8 1BE |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leven |
| Nearest station | Glenrothes with Thornton (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Factory Road (SW)
Lawrence Street (NW)
West Wynd (SE)
West Wynd (N)
Station Place (NE)
Church Street (SE)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 37 View |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 56.169907 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.036884 | |
| Easting | 335714 | |
| Northing | 697956 | |
| Grid reference | NT357979 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 497709 6224990 | |
| what3words | towers.active.fever | |
| FixPhrase | cube luridness starry visiting | |
| Plus code | 9C8R5X97+X6 | |
| Altitude | 28 metres (93 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:27 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:40 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.1 KMs (0.1 miles) |
| Ward | Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages | S13002966 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Population (2011) | 56 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 21 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Other Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Other urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00154866 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Buckhaven South | S01009622 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Buckhaven, Denbeath and Muiredge | S02001813 |
| Travel to work area | Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy | S22000057 |