AB Postcode Area for the Aberdeen Region

Map of the AB Aberdeen Postcode Area

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Quick Facts about the AB Postcode

AB is the postcode area for Aberdeen in Scotland. It is the first Postcode area when sorted alphabetically.

The postcode area was introduced in 1972.

The head post office at Aberdeen was located at 16a Crown Street. Built in 1907 by Architects Walter Robertson and William Oldrieve the building resembles a fantasy Scottish Baronial Castle.

The building has now been converted into residential flats in around 1999.

The AB postcode area represents a group of 33 postal districts in the Aberdeen area of the United Kingdom. The area code stands for the letters a and b in ABerdeen. The area has a population of 500,309 and covers an area of 7,871,817 hectares. Fun fact: 0.77% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area.

The postcode area falls within the following counties: Aberdeenshire (40.33%), City of Aberdeen (38.61%), Banffshire (12.23%), Kincardineshire (8.35%), Moray (0.45%), Angus (0.03%), Inverness (0.01%).

Where is the AB Postcode Area?

The AB postcode area is located on the east coast of Scotland, named after Aberdeen, a coastal city and port. It spans from Buckie in the north to Stonehaven in the south, bordered by the Moray Firth to the north and the North Sea to the east.
The area reaches inland up to the Cairngorms. Positioned about 75 miles northeast of Glasgow and 65 miles northeast of Edinburgh, it is also approximately 375 miles northwest of London and 365 miles north of Cardiff.

The AB Aberdeen Postcode is in Scotland.. The postal area borders the following neighbouring postal areas: DD - Dundee, PH - Perth and IV - Inverness, It also borders The North Sea and The Moray Firth.