| Postcode | KY8 1BP | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leven | 
| Nearest station | Glenrothes with Thornton (7 km) | 
| Bus stops | Church Street (SE) Station Place (SW) College Street (NE) Station Place (NE) Lawrence Street (SE) Harbour (SW) | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 56.170837 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.035218 | |
| Easting | 335819 | |
| Northing | 698058 | |
| Grid reference | NT358980 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 497813 6225094 | |
| what3words | last.shin.prop | |
| FixPhrase | cube luridness state vaporizer | |
| Plus code | 9C8R5XC7+8W | |
| Altitude | 29 metres (94 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:18 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| 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 | August 1973 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | July 1992 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Other Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Other urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00154862 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7C3 | |
| 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 |