AB31 postcode district: Banchory and around
AB31 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 659 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Banchory. It is split between 2 councils: Aberdeenshire (657 postcodes) and Aberdeen City (2).
- Postcodes in use
- 659
- Sectors
- 4
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- Banchory
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in AB31, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 25
- In use before 2020: 634
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 659 postcodes in AB31 that ONS places, 25 are new since 2020 and 634 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 290 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 57.0731, longitude -2.5219. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. AB31 5DF, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in AB31?
Ofcom reports on 648 of the 659 postcodes in AB31. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 70 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in AB31
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in AB31
Towns and villages with postcodes in AB31, and how many each has here.
Who covers AB31
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
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine657
- Aberdeen South2
Police force areas
- Scotland659
Next to AB31
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after AB31 in the AB area.
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