Map of AB3 8SB postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 8SB
Nearest station	Insch (19 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.216996
	Longitude	-2.840453
	Easting	349340
	Northing	814340
	Grid reference	NJ493143
	UTM reference	30V 509635 6341552
	what3words	clinking.line.thanks
	Plus code	9C9V6585+QR
	Altitude	301 metres (988 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:14
	Sunset (today)	21:04
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	46.2 KMs (28.7 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
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)	4,900 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138490
Census output area (2011)	S00091145
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Cromar and Kildrummy - 03	S01006877
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Cromar and Kildrummy	S02001300
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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