Latitude: 57.4895 / 57°29'22"N
Longitude: -1.7905 / 1°47'25"W
OS Eastings: 412656
OS Northings: 844386
OS Grid: NK126443
Mapcode National: GBR P8YX.SD2
Mapcode Global: WHBQG.G0LS
Plus Code: 9C9WF6Q5+RQ
Maidenhead Locator System: IO97cl57
What Three Birds: shoveler.rosefinch.pipit
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
AB42 2YY is a large user postcode in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. It was first introduced in June 1996.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
H M Prison & Y O I Grampian, Peterhead AB42 2YY.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
AB42 2YY is in the Peterhead travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership Primary Care Trust.
AB42 2YY is approximately 32m (105ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing AB42 2YY
6b2: Suburbanites - Semi-Detached Suburbia - White Suburban Communities
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for AB42 2YY
Scotland 2: a large town or medium-sized city
Healthy Living Index
1/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
3/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Supermarkets near AB42 2YY include Aldi, Asda, Iceland, Lidl and Morrisons. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of AB42 2YY are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Ward
Peterhead South and Cruden
Councillors
Stephen Smith (SNP)
George Hall (Conservative)
Colin Simpson (Liberal Democrat)
Scottish Parliament
Region
North East Scotland
Regional MSPs
Bill Bowman (Conservative)
Peter Chapman (Conservative)
Liam Kerr (Conservative)
Lewis Macdonald (Labour)
Jenny Marra (Labour)
Tom Mason (Conservative)
Mike Rumbles (Liberal Democrat)
 
Scottish Parliament constituency
Banffshire and Buchan Coast
MSP
Stewart Stevenson (SNP)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Banff and Buchan
MP
David Duguid (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for AB42 2YY.
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