Map of AB3 8NS postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8NS
Nearest station	Insch (15 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.215811
	Longitude	-2.741085
	Easting	355340
	Northing	814138
	Grid reference	NJ553141
	UTM reference	30V 515637 6341439
	what3words	kiosk.snoozing.explored
	FixPhrase	cultivate lushness senator vertigo
	Plus code	9C9V6785+8H
	Altitude	175 metres (574 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:40
	Sunset (today)	16:01
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	40.3 KMs (25 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
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)	5,138 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138574
Census output area (2011)	S00091149
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Cromar and Kildrummy - 03	S01013879
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Howe of Alford - 06	S01006885
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Cromar and Kildrummy	S02002581
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Howe of Alford	S02001301
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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