Map of KY1 4BU postcode

General information

Postcode	KY1 4BU
Post Town	Kirkcaldy
Nearest station	Glenrothes with Thornton (4 km)
Bus stops	Approach Terrace (SE) The Car Shed (NE) The Car Shed (SW)
Roads in this postcode	Castleton Court Hendrie Crescent Newton Place
Number of UPRNs	14 View
Businesses	RESPONSIBLE ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	56.157256
	Longitude	-3.074439
	Easting	333360
	Northing	696584
	Grid reference	NT333965
	UTM reference	30V 495376 6223584
	what3words	stolen.absorbing.abundance
	Plus code	9C8R5W4G+W6
	Altitude	30 metres (98 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:31
	Sunset (today)	18:14
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.4 KMs (0.3 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	May 2008
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)	24
Households (2011)	8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,202 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00154943
Census output area (2011)	S00111947
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Wemyss and Standingstane	S01009541
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Wemyss	S02001797
Travel to work area	Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy	S22000057

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