AB42 postcode district: Peterhead and around, Aberdeenshire
AB42 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 1,253 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in Peterhead and Mintlaw. Its council is Aberdeenshire.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,253
- Sectors
- 7
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- 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 AB42, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 544
- Some can get gigabit: 223
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 472
- Ofcom gives no figure: 14
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 1,253 postcodes in AB42 that ONS places, 544 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 223 have some that can, 472 can all get it and 14 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 220 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 57.5013, longitude -1.8936. 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
544 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 58 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB42 5GL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 45 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB42 2DG, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 33 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB42 4TJ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 28 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB42 4NE, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 26 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB42 0HU, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 19 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB42 5HN, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What broadband can you get in AB42?
Ofcom reports on 1,239 of the 1,253 postcodes in AB42. At 472 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 60 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 AB42
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Places in AB42
Towns and villages with postcodes in AB42, and how many each has here.
Who covers AB42
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Aberdeenshire1,253
Constituencies
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East1,064
- Gordon and Buchan189
Police force areas
- Scotland1,253
Next to AB42
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after AB42 in the AB area.
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