AB23 postcode district: Aberdeen and around

AB23 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 344 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Aberdeen and Balmedie. It is split between 2 councils: Aberdeen City (212 postcodes) and Aberdeenshire (132).

Postcodes in use
344
Sectors
2
Councils
2 councils
Places
2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in AB23, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in AB23, by gigabit broadband Of the 344 postcodes in AB23 that ONS places, 87 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 52 have some that can, 196 can all get it and 9 have no Ofcom figure. 4 groups of postcodes without gigabit are outlined: 45 postcodes without gigabit; 9 postcodes without gigabit; 9 postcodes without gigabit; 6 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Balmedie. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2 km. 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gigabit for allAB23 8ET: gigabit for allAB23 8EU: gigabit for allAB23 8EW: gigabit for allAB23 8EY: gigabit for allAB23 8EZ: gigabit for allAB23 8FB: gigabit for allAB23 8FD: gigabit for allAB23 8FF: gigabit for allAB23 8FG: gigabit for allAB23 8FS: gigabit for allAB23 8FT: gigabit for allAB23 8FU: gigabit for allAB23 8FW: gigabit for allAB23 8FX: gigabit for allAB23 8FY: gigabit for allAB23 8GA: gigabit for allAB23 8GD: gigabit for allAB23 8GE: gigabit for allAB23 8GF: gigabit for allAB23 8GG: gigabit for allAB23 8GH: gigabit for allAB23 8GJ: gigabit for allAB23 8GL: gigabit for allAB23 8GN: gigabit for allAB23 8GP: gigabit for allAB23 8GQ: gigabit for allAB23 8GS: gigabit for allAB23 8GT: gigabit for allAB23 8GW: gigabit for allAB23 8GX: gigabit for allAB23 8HA: gigabit for allAB23 8HD: gigabit for allAB23 8HF: gigabit for allAB23 8HG: gigabit for allAB23 8HL: gigabit for allAB23 8HP: gigabit for allAB23 8HS: gigabit for allAB23 8HT: gigabit for allAB23 8HX: gigabit for allAB23 8HZ: gigabit for allAB23 8JA: gigabit for allAB23 8JD: gigabit for allAB23 8JH: gigabit for allAB23 8JJ: gigabit for allAB23 8JN: gigabit for allAB23 8JQ: gigabit for allAB23 8JS: gigabit for allAB23 8JT: gigabit for allAB23 8JU: gigabit for allAB23 8JX: gigabit for allAB23 8JZ: gigabit for allAB23 8LA: gigabit for allAB23 8LB: gigabit for allAB23 8LD: gigabit for allAB23 8LH: gigabit for allAB23 8LP: gigabit for allAB23 8LS: gigabit for allAB23 8LU: gigabit for allAB23 8LW: gigabit for allAB23 8LX: gigabit for allAB23 8LZ: gigabit for allAB23 8NB: gigabit for allAB23 8NF: gigabit for allAB23 8NG: gigabit for allAB23 8NH: gigabit for allAB23 8NL: gigabit for allAB23 8NQ: gigabit for allAB23 8NS: gigabit for allAB23 8NT: gigabit for allAB23 8NU: gigabit for allAB23 8NW: gigabit for allAB23 8NX: gigabit for allAB23 8NZ: gigabit for allAB23 8PA: gigabit for allAB23 8PD: gigabit for allAB23 8PE: gigabit for allAB23 8PG: gigabit for allAB23 8PJ: gigabit for allAB23 8PL: gigabit for allAB23 8PN: gigabit for allAB23 8PP: gigabit for allAB23 8PQ: gigabit for allAB23 8PR: gigabit for allAB23 8PS: gigabit for allAB23 8PT: gigabit for allAB23 8PU: gigabit for allAB23 8PX: gigabit for allAB23 8QA: gigabit for allAB23 8QB: gigabit for allAB23 8QD: gigabit for allAB23 8QE: gigabit for allAB23 8QF: gigabit for allAB23 8QG: gigabit for allAB23 8QH: gigabit for allAB23 8QJ: gigabit for allAB23 8QL: gigabit for allAB23 8QP: gigabit for allAB23 8QS: gigabit for allAB23 8QT: gigabit for allAB23 8QU: gigabit for allAB23 8QW: gigabit for allAB23 8QX: gigabit for allAB23 8RB: gigabit for allAB23 8RG: gigabit for allAB23 8RH: gigabit for allAB23 8RJ: gigabit for allAB23 8RL: gigabit for allAB23 8RN: gigabit for allAB23 8RP: gigabit for allAB23 8SF: gigabit for allAB23 8SU: gigabit for allAB23 8UF: gigabit for allAB23 8UH: gigabit for allAB23 8UT: gigabit for allAB23 8UX: gigabit for allAB23 8XH: gigabit for allAB23 8XJ: gigabit for allAB23 8XN: gigabit for allAB23 8XP: gigabit for allAB23 8XY: gigabit for allAB23 8YA: gigabit for allAB23 8YB: gigabit for allAB23 8YL: gigabit for allAB23 8YP: gigabit for allAB23 8YY: gigabit for allAB23 8AR: some gigabitAB23 8AT: some gigabitAB23 8BD: some gigabitAB23 8BE: some gigabitAB23 8BF: some gigabitAB23 8BG: some gigabitAB23 8BJ: some gigabitAB23 8BL: some gigabitAB23 8BP: some gigabitAB23 8BQ: some gigabitAB23 8BS: some gigabitAB23 8BT: some gigabitAB23 8EE: some gigabitAB23 8EH: some gigabitAB23 8FE: some gigabitAB23 8FH: some gigabitAB23 8FJ: some gigabitAB23 8FN: some gigabitAB23 8FQ: some gigabitAB23 8JE: some gigabitAB23 8JW: some gigabitAB23 8LN: some gigabitAB23 8LT: some gigabitAB23 8NA: some gigabitAB23 8NR: some gigabitAB23 8SJ: some gigabitAB23 8SR: some gigabitAB23 8ST: some gigabitAB23 8UJ: some gigabitAB23 8UL: some gigabitAB23 8UN: some gigabitAB23 8UP: some gigabitAB23 8UQ: some gigabitAB23 8UR: some gigabitAB23 8UU: some gigabitAB23 8UY: some gigabitAB23 8WT: some gigabitAB23 8XA: some gigabitAB23 8XB: some gigabitAB23 8XD: some gigabitAB23 8XE: some gigabitAB23 8XL: some gigabitAB23 8XQ: some gigabitAB23 8XX: some gigabitAB23 8YD: some gigabitAB23 8YE: some gigabitAB23 8YR: some gigabitAB23 8YX: some gigabitAB23 8EX: some gigabitAB23 8AB: no gigabitAB23 8AD: no gigabitAB23 8AL: no gigabitAB23 8BN: no gigabitAB23 8BR: no gigabitAB23 8DG: no gigabitAB23 8DH: no gigabitAB23 8HN: no gigabitAB23 8HU: no gigabitAB23 8HW: no gigabitAB23 8HY: no gigabitAB23 8NN: no gigabitAB23 8NP: no gigabitAB23 8PH: no gigabitAB23 8PW: no gigabitAB23 8RD: no gigabitAB23 8SA: no gigabitAB23 8SB: no gigabitAB23 8SD: no gigabitAB23 8SH: no gigabitAB23 8SL: no gigabitAB23 8SP: no gigabitAB23 8SS: no gigabitAB23 8SX: no gigabitAB23 8SY: no gigabitAB23 8TP: no gigabitAB23 8TR: no gigabitAB23 8TS: no gigabitAB23 8TW: no gigabitAB23 8UA: no gigabitAB23 8UB: no gigabitAB23 8UD: no gigabitAB23 8UE: no gigabitAB23 8UG: no gigabitAB23 8US: no gigabitAB23 8UW: no gigabitAB23 8UZ: no gigabitAB23 8WA: no gigabitAB23 8WB: no gigabitAB23 8WD: no gigabitAB23 8WE: no gigabitAB23 8WF: no gigabitAB23 8WG: no gigabitAB23 8WL: no gigabitAB23 8WS: no gigabitAB23 8WU: no gigabitAB23 8WY: no gigabitAB23 8XF: no gigabitAB23 8XG: no gigabitAB23 8XR: no gigabitAB23 8XS: no gigabitAB23 8XU: no gigabitAB23 8XW: no gigabitAB23 8YF: no gigabitAB23 8YH: no gigabitAB23 8YJ: no gigabitAB23 8YN: no gigabitAB23 8YQ: no gigabitAB23 8YS: no gigabitAB23 8YT: no gigabitAB23 8YU: no gigabitAB23 8YW: no gigabitAB23 8YZ: no gigabitAB23 8ZA: no gigabitAB23 8ZB: no gigabitAB23 8ZD: no gigabitAB23 8ZE: no gigabitAB23 8ZF: no gigabitAB23 8ZG: no gigabitAB23 8ZH: no gigabitAB23 8ZJ: no gigabitAB23 8ZL: no gigabitAB23 8ZN: no gigabitAB23 8ZP: no gigabitAB23 8ZQ: no gigabitAB23 8ZR: no gigabitAB23 8ZS: no gigabitAB23 8ZT: no gigabitAB23 8ZW: no gigabitAB23 8ZX: no gigabit Balmedie 45 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8WA, the one nearest the middle of them45 postcodes without gigabit9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8ZA, the one nearest the middle of them9 postcodes without gigabit9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8ZG, the one nearest the middle of them9 postcodes without gigabit6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8WS, the one nearest the middle of them6 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in AB23, by gigabit broadband Of the 344 postcodes in AB23 that ONS places, 87 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 52 have some that can, 196 can all get it and 9 have no Ofcom figure. 4 groups of postcodes without gigabit are outlined: 45 postcodes without gigabit; 9 postcodes without gigabit; 9 postcodes without gigabit; 6 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Balmedie. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2 km. A92 Balmedie 9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8ZA, the one nearest the middle of them9 postcodes without gigabit9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8ZG, the one nearest the middle of them9 postcodes without gigabit6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to AB23 8WS, the one nearest the middle of them6 postcodes without gigabit
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 87
  • Some can get gigabit: 52
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 196
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 9
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 344 postcodes in AB23 that ONS places, 87 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 52 have some that can, 196 can all get it and 9 have no Ofcom figure.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 190 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 57.2121, longitude -2.0887. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Postcodes without gigabit

87 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

AB23 8ABAB23 8ADAB23 8ALAB23 8BNAB23 8BRAB23 8DGAB23 8DHAB23 8HNAB23 8HUAB23 8HWAB23 8HYAB23 8LE

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 45 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB23 8WA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
  • 9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB23 8ZA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
  • 9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB23 8ZG, is the one nearest the middle of them.
  • 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB23 8WS, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in AB23?

Ofcom reports on 335 of the 344 postcodes in AB23. At 196 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 5 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit196 of 335
Postcodes where every home can get superfast303 of 335
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband5 of 335

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in AB23

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

AB23 8339 postcodesAB23 95 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in AB23

Towns and villages with postcodes in AB23, and how many each has here.

Aberdeen postcodes,179Balmedie postcodes,52

Who covers AB23

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Aberdeen North212
  • Gordon and Buchan132

Police force areas

  • Scotland344

Next to AB23

AB22 postcode district AB24 postcode district All AB districts Aberdeen postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after AB23 in the AB area.

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