KY1 4BS

Glenrothes Central and Thornton · Fife · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Glenrothes Central and Thornton
Local authority: Fife
Constituency: Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Postcode district: KY1
Postcode sector: KY1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KY1 4BN	139 m
KY7 4BF	179 m
KY1 4BP	187 m
KY1 4BL	231 m
KY7 4US	314 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KY1 4BS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 November 2007
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KY
Postcode district: KY1
Postcode sector: KY1 4
Latitude: 56.173864
Longitude: -3.142377
British National Grid easting: 329,171
British National Grid northing: 698,501

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Fife · S12000047
Electoral ward: Glenrothes Central and Thornton · S13002959
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Glenrothes and Mid Fife · S14000090
Output area: S00154835
Lower layer super output area: Lochty View · S01016697
Middle layer super output area: Glenrothes Stenton and Finglassie · S02003099

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 50%
Gigabit-capable: 50%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Lochtyview Way

BCT · Glenrothes
0.1 miles
Lochtyview Way

BCT · Glenrothes
0.1 miles
Turning Circle

BCT · Thornton
0.2 miles
Blackwood Way

BCT · Glenrothes
0.3 miles
Burnbank Terrace

BCT · Thornton
0.3 miles