KY2 5UW

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy · Fife · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
Local authority: Fife
Constituency: Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Postcode district: KY2
Postcode sector: KY2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KY2 5UP	504 m
KY2 5UR	585 m
KY2 5UX	771 m
KY2 5UL	918 m
KY2 5UY	1.2 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KY2 5UW
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KY
Postcode district: KY2
Postcode sector: KY2 5
Latitude: 56.094981
Longitude: -3.214350
British National Grid easting: 324,548
British National Grid northing: 689,798

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Fife · S12000047
Electoral ward: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy · S13002953
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy · S14000071
Output area: S00155695
Lower layer super output area: Seafield South and Landward · S01016594
Middle layer super output area: Kirkcaldy Linktown and Seafield · S02003078

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+: 0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 40%
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.

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