Map of KA1 4QS postcode

General information
Postcode KA1 4QS
Post Town Kilmarnock
Nearest station Kilmarnock (3 km)
Bus stops
Shortlees Crescent (S)
Knowehead Road (N)
Sunnyside Road (W)
Knowehead Road (S)
Mosshead Road (N)
Mosshead Road (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 48 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 55.582971
Longitude -4.492738
Easting 242975
Northing 634968
Grid reference NS429349
UTM reference 30U 405905 6160678
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Plus code 9C7QHGM4+5W
Altitude 58 metres (189 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:34
Sunset (today) 18:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 10.2 KMs (6.4 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kilmarnock South S13002896
Council Area East Ayrshire S12000008
Constituency (2024) Kilmarnock and Loudoun S14000110
MPLillian JonesLabour
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
NUTS/ITL 2 Southern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 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) 110
Households (2011) 43
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
857 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanOther urban area
Census output area (2021)S00149328
Census output area (2011)S00100229
Lower layer super output area (2011)Shortlees - 01S01007962
Middle layer super output area (2011)ShortleesS02001493
Travel to work areaKilmarnock and IrvineS22000069
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