KY5 9HQ

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty · Fife · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
Local authority: Fife
Constituency: Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Postcode district: KY5
Postcode sector: KY5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
KY5 9BT	140 m
KY5 9BF	152 m
KY5 9HJ	251 m
KY5 9AJ	293 m
KY5 9AE	311 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: KY5 9HQ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 1996
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: KY
Postcode district: KY5
Postcode sector: KY5 9
Latitude: 56.126625
Longitude: -3.296620
British National Grid easting: 319,496
British National Grid northing: 693,413

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Fife · S12000047
Electoral ward: Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty · S13003130
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Glenrothes and Mid Fife · S14000090
Output area: S00155239
Lower layer super output area: Lochgelly New Farm Vale · S01016566
Middle layer super output area: Lochgelly East · S02003072

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+: 85.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 21.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 21.4%
Gigabit-capable: 21.4%

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

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Hall Street

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Lochgelly South Primary School

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