Map of AB3 8HL postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8HL
Nearest station	Insch (14 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.222294
	Longitude	-2.709746
	Easting	357240
	Northing	814840
	Grid reference	NJ572148
	UTM reference	30V 517527 6342168
	what3words	canyons.comedy.doors
	Plus code	9C9V67CR+W4
	Altitude	193 metres (632 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:00
	Sunset (today)	21:16
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	38.5 KMs (23.9 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford	S13002861
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	February 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)	5,845 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138687
Census output area (2011)	S00091153
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Howe of Alford - 08	S01006887
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Howe of Alford	S02001301
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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