Map of AB5 6YS postcode No longer in use

General information

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

Geography

	Latitude	57.329004
	Longitude	-2.740039
	Easting	355540
	Northing	826738
	Grid reference	NJ555267
	UTM reference	30V 515652 6354039
	what3words	shopping.shiver.mourner
	FixPhrase	cultural lushness shrug swimsuit
	Plus code	9C9V87H5+JX
	Altitude	212 metres (695 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:27
	Sunset (today)	15:35
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	39.1 KMs (24.3 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	November 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)	4,349 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138249
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Clashindarroch - 03	S01007004
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Clashindarroch	S02001320
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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