KY4 postcode district: Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans and around
KY4 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 516 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans, Kelty, Crossgates, Fife and 1 more place. It is split between 2 councils: Fife (498 postcodes) and Perth and Kinross (16). ONS gives no location for 2 of its postcodes, and so no council.
- Postcodes in use
- 516
- Sectors
- 4
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 4 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in KY4, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 509
Of the 514 postcodes in KY4 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 509 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 56.1140, longitude -3.3628. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
What broadband can you get in KY4?
Ofcom reports on 509 of the 516 postcodes in KY4. At 351 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in KY4
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UK postcode format explainedPlaces in KY4
Towns and villages with postcodes in KY4, and how many each has here.
Who covers KY4
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy360
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife132
- Perth and Kinross-shire16
- Dunfermline and Dollar6
Police force areas
- Scotland514
Next to KY4
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after KY4 in the KY area.
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