Map of AB5 6LY postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	AB5 6LY
Nearest station	Insch (3 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	57.360172
	Longitude	-2.627632
	Easting	362340
	Northing	830140
	Grid reference	NJ623301
	UTM reference	30V 522401 6357541
	what3words	shelters.bared.owned
	Plus code	9C9V996C+3W
	Altitude	164 metres (537 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:42
	Sunset (today)	15:59
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	34.6 KMs (21.5 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	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)	5,283 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00138126
Census output area (2011)	S00092529
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Insch, Oyne and Ythanwells - 02	S01006998
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Insch, Oyne and Ythanwells	S02001319
Travel to work area	Aberdeen	S22000047

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