Map of KY8 1BW postcode

General information
Postcode KY8 1BW
Post Town Leven
Nearest station Glenrothes with Thornton (7 km)
Bus stops
Station Place (SW)
Church Street (NW)
Station Place (NE)
Lawrence Street (SE)
Lawrence Street (NW)
College Street (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 56.171056
Longitude -3.035916
Easting 335776
Northing 698083
Grid reference NT357980
UTM reference 30V 497769 6225118
what3words games.spices.deaf
Plus code 9C8R5XC7+CR
Altitude 29 metres (95 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:30
Sunset (today) 21:53
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.1 KMs (0 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages S13002966
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 January 1980
Last updated June 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) 4
Households (2011) 2
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
761 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanOther urban area
Census output area (2021)S00154862
Census output area (2011)S00110402
Lower layer super output area (2011)Buckhaven CentralS01009621
Middle layer super output area (2011)Buckhaven, Denbeath and MuiredgeS02001813
Travel to work areaDunfermline and KirkcaldyS22000057
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