AB56 postcode area guide — Aberdeenshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the AB56 postcode district in Aberdeenshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in AB56
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
84.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
55.5%
Gigabit-capable
55.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
2.6%
Broadband availability in the AB56 postcode district (Aberdeenshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 639 postcodes Ofcom measures in AB56, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 84.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 55.5%.
Around 2.6% of premises in AB56 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in AB56
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| AB56 1AA | 100% | 90.9% |
| AB56 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| AB56 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| AB56 1AE | 100% | 90.9% |
| AB56 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| AB56 1AG | 100% | 72.2% |
| AB56 1AH | 100% | 92.3% |
| AB56 1AL | 100% | 80% |
| AB56 1AP | 100% | 80% |
| AB56 1AQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Aberdeenshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Aberdeenshire district (131,096 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
82%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
3.9%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in AB56
139 rated food businesses operate in AB56. 117 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 7 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Arradoul S W I, Ashers Bakery Ltd, Be So Crafty, Beinn Books LTD, Bigg Boss Takeaway.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Aberdeenshire
Landlines around AB56 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.