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                  | Postcode | AB3 1QS | 
                  
                    | Nearest station | Laurencekirk (9 km) | 
                  
                  
                    | Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
                
                
                
                  | Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 56.787207 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -2.59021 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 364040 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 766339 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NO640663 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 30V 525035 6293774 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | label.cleansed.bring | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | cufflink lustfully subduing trustless | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C8VQCP5+VW | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 28 metres (91 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:18 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:31 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 9.2 KMs (5.7 miles) | 
              
              
            
          
        
        
            
              
              
                Administrative areas 
              
                
                  
                        
                          | Ward | Brechin and Edzell | S13002868 | 
                      
                        | Council Area | Angus | S12000041 | 
                      
                        | Constituency (2024) | Angus and Perthshire Glens | S14000065 | 
                        | MP | Dave Doogan | Scottish National Party | 
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                      | Police force | Scotland | 
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                      | Water company | Scottish Water | 
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                        | NUTS/ITL 3 | Angus and Dundee City | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 2 | Eastern Scotland | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | 
                    
                      | Country | Scotland | S92000003 | 
                  
                  
                
              
          
    
      
        Data
        
          
              
                | 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 | 
          
          
        
      
          
          
        
          
            Demographics
            
              
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  | Rural/urban (2021) | Accessible Rural | 
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                  | Rural/urban (2011) | Accessible rural area | 
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                  | Census output area (2021) | S00139401 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 1C1 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | Hillside - 05 | S01007225 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hillside | S02001359 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Dundee | S22000056 | 
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