Portsoy
Portsoy is covered by postcode district AB45. It is in the Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.
Every postcode in Portsoy, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 62
- Some can get gigabit: 0
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 2
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
Of the 64 postcodes in Portsoy that ONS places, 62 have no home or business that can get gigabit and 2 can all get it.
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. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 57.6817, longitude -2.6925. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
What is it like to live in Portsoy?
At 2 of the 64 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Portsoy?
1 of the 64 postcodes now in use in Portsoy came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Portsoy?
Ofcom reports on 64 of the 64 postcodes in Portsoy. At 2 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Portsoy?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Portsoy. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Secondary
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
Who runs Portsoy?
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- MP
- Seamus Logan (Scottish National Party)
All 64 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Portsoy
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Aberdeenshire about council tax Council tax, on aberdeenshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Portsoy postcodes
64 postcodes in use in Portsoy, by district:
That district is in the AB postcode area.
Check a Portsoy postcode
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Places near Portsoy
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Portsoy
- What is the postcode for Portsoy?
- Postcode district AB45, with 64 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Portsoy in?
- Aberdeenshire. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Portsoy?
- Seamus Logan (Scottish National Party), for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- What schools are in Portsoy?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Portsoy School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Banff Academy, 9.8 km away. Source: Scottish Government.
- What broadband can you get in Portsoy?
- Ofcom reports on 64 of the 64 postcodes in Portsoy. At 2 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Portsoy?
- 1 of the 64 postcodes now in use in Portsoy came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- UK Parliament
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Licences: Open Government Licence v3.0; Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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