Map of AB5 8XU postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB5 8XU
Nearest station	Huntly (13 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.463773
	Longitude	-2.561067
	Easting	366440
	Northing	841638
	Grid reference	NJ664416
	UTM reference	30V 526331 6369097
	what3words	newlyweds.highlight.tricky
	FixPhrase	culture lustfully sputter vertigo
	Plus code	9C9VFC7Q+GH
	Altitude	170 metres (557 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:10
	Sunset (today)	18:52
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	22.5 KMs (14 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	September 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)	4,005 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00137980
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Insch, Oyne and Ythanwells - 03	S01006999
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Insch, Oyne and Ythanwells	S02001319
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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