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                  | Postcode | AB42 5SG | 
                  
                    | Post Town | Peterhead | 
                  
                    | Nearest station | Inverurie (26 km) | 
                  
                  
                    | Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
                
                
                
                  | Businesses | 
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            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 57.499641 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -2.201731 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 388009 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 845510 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NJ880455 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 30V 547840 6373286 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | briskly.syndicate.posts | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | culture lustrous swimming unsoiled | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C9VFQXX+V8 | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 131 metres (430 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:19 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:27 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 19.2 KMs (12 miles) | 
              
              
            
          
        
        
            
              
              
                Administrative areas 
              
                
                  
                        
                          | Ward | Central Buchan | S13002851 | 
                      
                        | Council Area | Aberdeenshire | S12000034 | 
                      
                        | Constituency (2024) | Gordon and Buchan | S14000091 | 
                        | MP | Harriet Cross | Conservative | 
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                      | Police force | Scotland | 
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                      | Water company | Scottish Water | 
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                        | NUTS/ITL 3 | Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 2 | North Eastern Scotland | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | 
                    
                      | Country | Scotland | S92000003 | 
                  
                  
                
              
          
    
      
        Data
        
          
              
                | Date introduced | June 1996 | 
              
                | Date usage ended | September 2021 | 
            
              | Last updated | September 2025 | 
              
                | User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
                    
              
                | Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
          
          
        
      
          
          
        
          
            Demographics
            
              
                  
                    | Population (2011) | 1 |  | 
                  
                    | Households (2011) | 1 |  | 
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  | Rural/urban (2021) | Accessible Rural | 
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                  | Rural/urban (2011) | Remote rural area | 
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                  | Census output area (2021) | S00137820 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 1A1 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | Auchnagatt - 02 | S01007062 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2011) | Auchnagatt | S02001332 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Aberdeen | S22000047 | 
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