Map of AB5 6DS postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB5 6DS
Nearest station	Huntly (7 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.473151
	Longitude	-2.664586
	Easting	360240
	Northing	842738
	Grid reference	NJ602427
	UTM reference	30V 520116 6370106
	what3words	directs.bulk.couriers
	FixPhrase	culture luster sterile trickily
	Plus code	9C9VF8FP+75
	Altitude	132 metres (433 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:39
	Sunset (today)	15:28
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	23.1 KMs (14.4 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	November 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)	4,054 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00137756
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Auchterless and Monquhitter - 03	S01014027
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Auchterless and Monquhitter - 03	S01007015
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Auchterless and Monquhitter	S02002604
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Auchterless and Monquhitter	S02001322
Travel to work area	Turriff and Banff	S22000081

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