Map of AB3 5TU postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 5TU
Nearest station	Aviemore (37 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	56.998145
	Longitude	-3.319477
	Easting	319940
	Northing	790439
	Grid reference	NO199904
	UTM reference	30V 480591 6317224
	what3words	awoke.punctual.defended
	FixPhrase	culminate lung swear thermos
	Plus code	9C8RXMXJ+76
	Altitude	325 metres (1065 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:52
	Sunset (today)	15:43
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	57.5 KMs (35.7 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
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	December 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 (2017-2020)	5,949 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138865
Census output area (2011)	S00091440
Lower layer super output area (2021)	East Cairngorms - 05	S01013786
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Cairngorms - 05	S01006793
Middle layer super output area (2021)	East Cairngorms	S02002566
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Cairngorms	S02001285
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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