Map of AB3 1RL postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB3 1RL
Nearest station	Laurencekirk (7 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	56.821392
	Longitude	-2.58255
	Easting	364540
	Northing	770140
	Grid reference	NO645701
	UTM reference	30V 525480 6297582
	what3words	driver.grows.taskbar
	Plus code	9C8VRCC8+HX
	Altitude	49 metres (161 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:38
	Sunset (today)	16:02
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	12.1 KMs (7.5 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Mearns	S13002866
Council Area	Aberdeenshire	S12000034
Constituency (2024)	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	S14000111
MP	Andrew Bowie	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	December 2024
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)	3,624 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00139336
Census output area (2011)	S00091331
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Mearns South and Benholm - 02	S01006807
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Mearns South and Benholm	S02001288
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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