Map of AB3 8BL postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8BL
Nearest station	Insch (8 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.261359
	Longitude	-2.627608
	Easting	362240
	Northing	819140
	Grid reference	NJ622191
	UTM reference	30V 522463 6346541
	what3words	barbarian.pianists.globe
	Plus code	9C9V796C+GX
	Altitude	160 metres (525 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:30
	Sunset (today)	18:11
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	34.7 KMs (21.6 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford	S13002861
Council Area	Aberdeenshire	S12000034
Constituency (2024)	Gordon and Buchan	S14000091
MP	Harriet Cross	Conservative
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
NUTS/ITL 2	North Eastern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	August 1973
Date usage ended	August 1990
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	5,525 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138406
Census output area (2011)	S00092520
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Howe of Alford - 09	S01006888
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Howe of Alford	S02001301
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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