| Postcode | AB3 5BT | 
|---|---|
| Nearest station | Insch (31 km) | 
| Bus stops | Post Office (S) Southwater Lodge (S) Scottish Co-op (W) | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 57.069152 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.779388 | |
| Easting | 352840 | |
| Northing | 797839 | |
| Grid reference | NO528978 | |
| UTM reference | 30V 513376 6325105 | |
| what3words | fend.tickles.storeroom | |
| FixPhrase | culpable lushness starlet trailing | |
| Plus code | 9C9V369C+M6 | |
| Altitude | 129 metres (423 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:20 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 36.5 KMs (22.7 miles) | 
| Ward | Banchory and Mid Deeside | S13002863 | 
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | Aberdeenshire | S12000034 | 
| Constituency (2024) | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | S14000111 | 
| MP | Andrew Bowie | 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 | 
| Date introduced | August 1973 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | August 1990 | 
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Remote rural area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00138947 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Aboyne and South Deeside - 04 | S01006797 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Aboyne and South Deeside | S02001286 | 
| Travel to work area | Aberdeen | S22000047 |