Map of AB5 9BS postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB5 9BS
Nearest station	Insch (8 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.37958
	Longitude	-2.503236
	Easting	369840
	Northing	832238
	Grid reference	NJ698322
	UTM reference	30V 529869 6359749
	what3words	undulation.stood.dugouts
	FixPhrase	cultural lustfully stranger unsent
	Plus code	9C9V9FHW+RP
	Altitude	148 metres (487 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:22
	Sunset (today)	16:26
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	31.4 KMs (19.5 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Garioch	S13002857
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)	5,041 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138118
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Durno-Chapel of Garioch - 07	S01006915
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Durno-Chapel of Garioch	S02001305
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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