Map of KY8 5RU postcode

General information

Postcode	KY8 5RU
Post Town	Leven
Nearest station	Markinch (5 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	Largo Road Milton Road Standing Stane Road
Number of UPRNs	29 View
Businesses	WGR & R LTD

Geography

	Latitude	56.177547
	Longitude	-3.066117
	Easting	333912
	Northing	698834
	Grid reference	NT339988
	UTM reference	30V 495895 6225842
	what3words	barks.salt.data
	FixPhrase	cube luridness stood unify
	Plus code	9C8R5WHM+2H
	Altitude	47 metres (155 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:18
	Sunset (today)	15:45
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.9 KMs (1.2 miles)

Administrative areas

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

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	September 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)	30
Households (2011)	10
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,390 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00154437
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Milton of Balgonie	S01009614
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Windygates and Coaltown	S02001812
Travel to work area	Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy	S22000057

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