Map of AB3 8AS postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8AS
Nearest station	Insch (11 km)
Bus stops	Crossroads (SE)
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.249264
	Longitude	-2.70364
	Easting	357640
	Northing	817838
	Grid reference	NJ576178
	UTM reference	30V 517882 6345172
	what3words	zebra.lotteries.asset
	FixPhrase	cultivate lushness snippet unaired
	Plus code	9C9V67XW+PG
	Altitude	150 metres (491 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:21
	Sunset (today)	16:30
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	38.7 KMs (24.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford	S13002861
Council Area	Aberdeenshire	S12000034
Constituency (2024)	Gordon and Buchan	S14000091
MP	Harriet Cross	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	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)	5,596 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138543
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Clashindarroch - 04	S01007005
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Clashindarroch	S02001320
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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