Map of AB3 5SX postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 5SX
Nearest station	Aviemore (44 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.045577
	Longitude	-3.156333
	Easting	329940
	Northing	795539
	Grid reference	NO299955
	UTM reference	30V 490514 6322470
	what3words	tapers.unrated.thus
	FixPhrase	culpable lure slush unrelated
	Plus code	9C9R2RWV+6F
	Altitude	259 metres (849 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:26
	Sunset (today)	16:28
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	53.1 KMs (33 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	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)	4,447 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00139017
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Cairngorms - 04	S01006792
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Cairngorms	S02001285
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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