KY4 9RU

Cowdenbeath · Fife · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Cowdenbeath
Local authority: Fife
Constituency: Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Postcode district: KY4
Postcode sector: KY4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KY4 9NY	47 m
KY4 8EE	85 m
KY4 9RA	98 m
KY4 8HH	109 m
KY4 9NX	126 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KY4 9RU
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 December 1985
Terminated: 1 July 1992
Postcode area: KY
Postcode district: KY4
Postcode sector: KY4 9
Latitude: 56.100049
Longitude: -3.359163
British National Grid easting: 315,550
British National Grid northing: 690,530

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Fife · S12000047
Electoral ward: Cowdenbeath · S13003128
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy · S14000071
Output area: S00155680
Lower layer super output area: Beath Woodend · S01016522
Middle layer super output area: Hill of Beath · S02003064

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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Sinclair Drive

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Maxwell Crescent

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Gardiner Place

BCT · Woodend
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Maxwell Crescent

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