# AB30 1BQ

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 56.828422, -2.472388
- **Open Location Code:** 9C8VRGHH+92
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO86st
- **Qibla:** 121°
- **Grid reference:** NO 71270 70872
- **UTM:** 30V 532198 6298411
- **Elevation:** 89m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Aberdeenshire (S12000034)
- **Ward:** Mearns (S13002866)
- **Constituency:** West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (S14000111)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000047
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1990-08

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01013796
- **2021 MSOA:** S02002568
- **2021 output area:** S00139351
- **2011 LSOA:** S01006803
- **2011 MSOA:** S02001287
- **2011 output area:** S00091458
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34003270
- **Rural/urban classification:** Accessible small town (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4093
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000013

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Laurencekirk | 914 |
| School | Laurencekirk School | 204 |
| Airport | Aberdeen International Airport | 44732 |
| Bus stop | Kinnear Square | 69 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 15512 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 552 |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacy | 809 |
| Post office | Laurencekirk Post Office | 716 |
| Library | Mearns Academy Library | 1307 |
| Coast | — | 8035 |
| Central London | — | 610944 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region P, MPAN 17)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 93.3% gigabit, 100% superfast, 93.3% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [AB30 1FQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/AB30%201FQ)
- [AB30 1BP](https://openpostcodes.uk/AB30%201BP)
- [AB30 1BR](https://openpostcodes.uk/AB30%201BR)
- [AB30 1DF](https://openpostcodes.uk/AB30%201DF)

## Boundary

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