AB42 4TU

Central Buchan · Aberdeenshire · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Central Buchan
Local authority: Aberdeenshire
Constituency: Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
Postcode district: AB42
Postcode sector: AB42 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
AB42 4TX	994 m
AB42 4TW	1.1 km
AB42 5BX	1.2 km
AB42 4YE	1.3 km
AB42 4XH	1.5 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: AB42 4TU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 June 1996
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: AB
Postcode district: AB42
Postcode sector: AB42 4
Latitude: 57.508971
Longitude: -1.969414
British National Grid easting: 401,932
British National Grid northing: 846,533

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Aberdeenshire · S12000034
Electoral ward: Central Buchan · S13002851
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Aberdeenshire North and Moray East · S14000062
Output area: S00137748
Lower layer super output area: Longside and Rattray South - 01 · S01014106
Middle layer super output area: Longside and Rattray South · S02002620

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 90.9%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Bruce Brae

BCT · Longside
1.1 miles
Bruce Brae

BCT · Longside
1.1 miles
Auchtydonald Cottage

BCT · Mintlaw
1.1 miles
Auchtydonald Cottage

BCT · Mintlaw
1.1 miles
Market Hill

BCT · Longside
1.2 miles