Map of AB3 8XB postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8XB
Nearest station	Insch (30 km)

Note: Known addresses come from property sales so is incomplete

Geography

	Latitude	57.190388
	Longitude	-3.035098
	Easting	337540
	Northing	811539
	Grid reference	NJ375115
	UTM reference	30V 497879 6338580
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	Plus code	9C9R5XR7+5X
	Altitude	299 metres (982 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	08:27
	Sunset (today)	16:20
	Distance away

Administrative areas

Ward	Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside	S13002862
Council Area	Aberdeenshire	S12000034
Constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	S14000058
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
National park	The Cairngorms National Park	S21000003
Country	Scotland

Note: Since administrative areas don't align to postcode boundaries, in some cases different addresses in the same postcode may be part of different administrative areas, so only use these as a guide

Data

Date introduced	August 1973
Date usage ended	August 1990
Last updated	November 2019
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 (2015)	3,599 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area	S00091291
Lower layer super output area	East Cairngorms - 03	S01006791
Middle layer super output area	East Cairngorms	S02001285