Map of AB3 5BS postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 5BS
Nearest station	Insch (32 km)
Bus stops	Birsemore (NW) The Boat Inn (SW)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.068233
	Longitude	-2.782667
	Easting	352640
	Northing	797739
	Grid reference	NO526977
	UTM reference	30V 513178 6325002
	what3words	tangible.weeps.jabs
	FixPhrase	culpable lushness staple tripod
	Plus code	9C9V3698+7W
	Altitude	131 metres (429 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:32
	Sunset (today)	15:33
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	36.6 KMs (22.8 miles)

Administrative areas

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

Data

Date introduced	August 1973
Date usage ended	August 1990
Last updated	November 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)	5,416 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138931
Census output area (2011)	5B1
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

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