Map of AB3 8XB postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8XB
Nearest station	Insch (30 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.190388
	Longitude	-3.035098
	Easting	337540
	Northing	811540
	Grid reference	NJ375115
	UTM reference	30V 497878 6338579
	what3words	players.racing.arise
	Plus code	9C9R5XR7+5X
	Altitude	299 metres (982 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:36
	Sunset (today)	22:01
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	52.6 KMs (32.7 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside	S13002862
Council Area	Aberdeenshire	S12000034
Constituency (2024)	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	S14000111
MP	Andrew Bowie	Conservative
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
National park	The Cairngorms National Park	S21000003
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	June 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)	3,509 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138560
Census output area (2011)	S00091291
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Cairngorms - 03	S01006791
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Cairngorms	S02001285
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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